Evaluation of abiotic resource LCIA methods

Resources

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Alvarenga, Rodrigo A F ^a   Lins, Ittana de Oliveira ^b   Neto, José Adolfo de Almeida ^b  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abiotic; Brazil; LCA; LCIA; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle impact assessment; Method; Resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018236843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/resources5010013     Document Type: Article

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