Statistical analysis of the ecoinvent database to uncover relationships between life cycle impact assessment metrics

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 359-368

  Pascual González, Janire ^a   Guillén Gosálbez, Gonzalo ^a,b   Mateo Sanz, Josep M ^a   Jiménez Esteller, Laureano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental metrics relationship; Life cycle assessment; Multivariate statistical analysis; Streamlined LCA

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL METRICS RELATIONSHIP; IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMLINED LCA;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84932147413     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.129     Document Type: Article

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