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Data set: EF-Cancer human health effects (01.00.006)

Other versions:   01.00.011
Name
EF-Cancer human health effects
Type
Mid-point indicator
Reference year
2017
Duration of modelled impact
time independent
Impact category/ies
  • Cancer human health effects
Area(s) of Protection
No records found.
Impact indicator
Comparative Toxic Unit for human (CTUh) expressing the estimated increase in morbidity in the total human population per unit mass of a chemical emitted (cases per kilogramme).
Classification
Methodology(ies)
  • Environmental Footprint
General comment
USEtox consensus model (multimedia model). No spatial differentiation beyond continent and world compartments. Specific groups of chemicals requires further works (cf. details in other sections).
Permanent data set URI
http://lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/lcainfohub/datasets/elcd/lciamethods/bac8c45b-e778-479e-838c-7c2f54b45610.xml