Wind turbine noise, annoyance and self-reported health and well-being in different living environments

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 480-486

  Pedersen, Eja ^a   Waye, Kerstin Persson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NOISE POLLUTION; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP PATTERN; URBANIZATION; WIND;

AFFECT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PRESSURE; RURAL POPULATION; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WIND;

EID: 34347375557     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.031039     Document Type: Article

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