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

Greenhouse gas emissions from life cycle assessment of Norwegian food production systems

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Pages 336-346 | Received 15 Nov 2012, Accepted 14 Mar 2013, Published online: 24 Apr 2013

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