Improving odour assessment in LCA—the odour footprint

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1891-1900

  Peters, Gregory M ^a   Murphy, Kathleen R ^a,b   Adamsen, Anders Peter S ^c   Bruun, Sander ^d   Svanström, Magdalena ^a   ten Hoeve, Marieke ^d  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Footprint; LCIA; Midpoint indicator; Odor; Odour; Swine

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; PARA CRESOL;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; ODOUR; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84911004003     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0782-6     Document Type: Article

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