Review of Environmental Assessment Case Studies Blending Elements of Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 13083-13093

  Harder, Robin ^a,b   Holmquist, Hanna ^a   Molander, Sverker ^a   Svanström, Magdalena ^a   Peters, Gregory M ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; BLENDING ELEMENTS; CASE-STUDIES; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; DESIGN SPACES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SIMILAR CASE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NOMENCLATURE; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84947216639     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03302     Document Type: Article

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