Causality in social life cycle impact assessment (SLCIA)

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1312-1323

  Wu, Susie R ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^a   Apul, Defne ^b   Fan, Peilei ^a   Yan, Yanfa ^c   Fan, Yi ^a   Zhou, Peiling ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian networks; Causality; Characterization models; Impact pathway; Social life cycle impact assessment; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 84939255653     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0915-6     Document Type: Article

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