Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 921-925

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

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; EMOTION; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINE; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LEISURE; LETTER; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MENTAL STRESS; NOISE POLLUTION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; WELLBEING; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; NOISE; WIND;

EID: 84884367882     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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