Critical Appraisal of Life Cycle Impact Assessment Databases for Agri-food Materials

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-50

  Teixeira, Ricardo F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agri food products; Classification tree; Global warming potential (GWP); Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CLASSIFICATION TREES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); UNCERTAINTY;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84923286306     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12148     Document Type: Article

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