Product environmental footprint - Breakthrough or breakdown for policy implementation of life cycle assessment?

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-271

  Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84893654411     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0678-x     Document Type: Review

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