Life cycle assessment of pigmeat production: Portuguese case study and proposal of improvement options

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-139

  González García, Sara ^a   Belo, Sara ^a   Dias, Ana Cláudia ^a   Rodrigues, João Várzea ^b   Costa, Rosário Roberto Da ^c   Ferreira, António ^c   Andrade, Luís Pinto De ^b   Arroja, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Environmental analysis; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Pigmeat; Portugal; Slaughterhouse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAMMALS; QUALITY CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PIGMEAT; PORTUGAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

LIFE CYCLE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84930380503     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.048     Document Type: Article

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