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Special Issue: Agriculture and greenhouse gases: NJF seminar no. 453

Environmental life cycle assessment of cereal and bread production in Norway

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Pages 242-253 | Received 30 Dec 2012, Accepted 04 Mar 2013, Published online: 30 Apr 2013

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