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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > sustainability science and engineering > industrial ecology > life cycle assessment > life cycle impact assessment > midpoint indicator
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > environmental sustainability > industrial ecology > life cycle assessment > life cycle impact assessment > midpoint indicator
Preferred Term:

midpoint indicator

Definition:
A point in the cause-effect chain (environmental mechanism) of a particular impact category, prior to the endpoint, at which characterization factors can be calculated to reflect the relative importance of an emission or extraction in a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI).
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
life cycle impact assessment
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/205393
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RDF/XMLCreated 2013-09-12, last modified 2013-12-06