Wind farms and health: Who is fomenting community anxieties?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 495-

  Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAS TURBINE POWER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WIND POWER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; POWER SUPPLY; WIND;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; WIND;

EID: 84855167966     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11253     Document Type: Note

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