Global environmental impacts: data sources and methodological choices for calculating normalization factors for LCA

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment - Tập 24 Số 10 - Trang 1851-1877 - 2019
Eleonora Crenna1, Michela Secchi1, Lorenzo Benini1,2, Serenella Sala1
1European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
2European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark

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