Life Cycle Assessment

Encyclopedia of Toxicology: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 74-77

  Finnveden, G ^a   Potting, J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Environmental life cycle assessment; Management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924808828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386454-3.00627-8     Document Type: Chapter

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