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Best available practice regarding impact categories and category indicators in life cycle impact assessment

Background document for the second working group on life cycle impact assessment of SETAC-Europe (WIA-2)

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For the publication in Int. J. LCA, the report has been divided into two parts. Part I includes Preface, chapters 1–3 and the complete list of references. Part II comprises Preface, chapters 4 & 5 and repeats the complete list of references. Part II appears in No. 3 (May 1999). ecomed publishers, D-86899 Landsberg, Germany

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de Haes, H.A.U., Jolliet, O., Finnveden, G. et al. Best available practice regarding impact categories and category indicators in life cycle impact assessment. Int. J. LCA 4, 66–74 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979403

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