Methods to simplify diet and food life cycle inventories: Accuracy versus data-collection resources

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 410-420

  Pernollet, Franck ^a   Coelho, Carla R V ^a   van der Werf, Hayo M G ^a  

^a AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Data collection; Diet; Food; LCA; LCI; Method

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; NUTRITION; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; DATA COLLECTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METHOD; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; SIMPLIFIED METHOD;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84993945071     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.111     Document Type: Article

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