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Integrated Environmental Assessment, Part IV
Author(s) -
Jolliet Olivier,
Small Mitchell J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00240.x
Subject(s) - column (typography) , industrial ecology , computer science , human health , content (measure theory) , data science , information retrieval , sustainability , medicine , environmental health , mathematics , ecology , biology , frame (networking) , telecommunications , mathematical analysis
The human health component of an LCIA aims to assess in a comparative way the multiple impacts and large number of toxic substances that are involved in the life cycle of products. This often differs from the scope of regulatory toxicological assessments, which generally focus on ensuring that safe doses are not surpassed by exposures at any location or point in time