Product environmental footprint in policy and market decisions: Applicability and impact assessment

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 417-424

  Lehmann, Annekatrin ^a   Bach, Vanessa ^a   Finkbeiner, Matthias ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparability; Harmonization; Impact assessment; ISO 14025; ISO 14044; OEF; PEF

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006511369     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1658     Document Type: Article

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