Modeling metal stocks and flows: A review of dynamic material flow analysis methods

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2102-2113

  Müller, Esther ^a   Hilty, Lorenz M ^a,b,c   Widmer, Rolf ^a   Schluep, Mathias ^a   Faulstich, Martin ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d CUTEC Clausthaler Umwelttech Inst   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84894250819     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403506a     Document Type: Article

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