Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines;Effets indésirables sur la santé des éoliennes industrielles

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Jeffery, Roy D ^a   Krogh, Carmen ^b   Horner, Brett ^b  

^a Northeastern Manitoulin Family Health Team   (Canada)

^b Compendium of Pharmaceutical Specialties ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNOYANCE; AROUSAL; DIZZINESS; ENERGY RESOURCE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINE; INSOMNIA; NAUSEA; NOISE; NOTE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; VOMITING;

CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NOISE; POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WIND;

EID: 84877966489     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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