Wind turbines, flicker, and photosensitive epilepsy: Characterizing the flashing that may precipitate seizures and optimizing guidelines to prevent them

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1095-1098

  Harding, Graham ^a,c   Harding, Pamela ^a   Wilkins, Arnold ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Greenfields   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flicker; Green power; Photosensitive epilepsy; Rotors; Visual discomfort; Wind farms; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WIND;

EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETINA; RISK FACTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL CORTEX; WIND;

EID: 44849121714     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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