Health aspects associated with wind turbine noise-Results from three field studies

Noise Control Engineering Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Pedersen, Eja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; FIELD STUDIES; HUMAN HEALTH; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; NEW SOURCES; SOUND LEVEL; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE NOISE;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HEALTH; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 79952961584     PISSN: 07362501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3397/1.3533898     Document Type: Article

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