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  1. Department of Management Engineering, Division of Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

    Michael Z. Hauschild

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Hauschild, M.Z. (2018). Life Cycle Assessment: Goal and Scope Definition. In: The International Academy for Production (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35950-7_16860-1

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