Updated US and Canadian normalization factors for TRACI 2.1

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 329-339

  Ryberg, Morten ^a   Vieira, Marisa D M ^b   Zgola, Melissa ^c   Bare, Jane ^d   Rosenbaum, Ralph K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b PRé Consultants Bv   (Netherlands)

^c Quantis   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE;

CHARACTERIZATION FACTORS; CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; IN COMPOSITIONS; NORMALIZATION FACTORS; REFERENCE POINTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84899121094     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-013-0629-z     Document Type: Article

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