Factoid forensics: Have "more than 40" Australian families abandoned their homes because of wind farm noise?

Noise and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 71, 2014, Pages 208-212

  Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abandoned homes; noise; wind farms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HUMAN; NOISE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WIND;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; NOISE; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WIND;

EID: 84905741488     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.137043     Document Type: Article

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