Life cycle assessment of fertilizers: A review

International Agrophysics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 101-110

  Skowroñska, Monika ^a   Filipek, Tadeusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

environment; fertilizers; life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT CYCLING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897652951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02368722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/intag-2013-0032     Document Type: Article

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