Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints

Sergiy Smetana; Dusan Ristic; Daniel Pleissner; Hanna L. Tuomisto; Oleksii Parniakov; Volker Heinz

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106831

Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints

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Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints. / Smetana, Sergiy; Ristic, Dusan; Pleissner, Daniel et al.
In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 190, 106831, 01.03.2023.

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Harvard

Smetana, S, Ristic, D, Pleissner, D, Tuomisto, HL, Parniakov, O & Heinz, V 2023, 'Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 190, 106831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106831

APA

Smetana, S., Ristic, D., Pleissner, D., Tuomisto, H. L., Parniakov, O., & Heinz, V. (2023). Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190, Article 106831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106831

Vancouver

Smetana S, Ristic D, Pleissner D, Tuomisto HL, Parniakov O, Heinz V. Meat substitutes: Resource demands and environmental footprints. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2023 Mar 1;190:106831. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106831

Bibtex

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