Life Cycle Assessment: Past, Present, and Future

Jeroen B. Guinée; Reinout Heijungs; Gjalt Huppes; Alessandra Zamagni; Paolo Masoni; Roberto Buonamici; Tomas Ekvall; Tomas Rydberg

doi:10.1021/es101316v

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Life Cycle Assessment: Past, Present, and Future

Jeroen B. Guinée Reinout Heijungs Gjalt Huppes Alessandra Zamagni Paolo Masoni Roberto Buonamici Tomas Ekvall Tomas Rydberg

Environmental Science & Technology Vol. 45 No. 1 pp. 90-96 · American Chemical Society (ACS)

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Jeroen B. Guinée, Reinout Heijungs, Gjalt Huppes, et al. (2010). Life Cycle Assessment: Past, Present, and Future. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(1), 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1021/es101316v

Life Cycle Assessment: Past, Present, and Future

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