Wind turbines and health A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2014, Pages e108-e130

  McCunney, Robert J ^a   Mundt, Kenneth A ^b   Colby, W David ^c   Dobie, Robert ^d   Kaliski, Kenneth ^e   Blais, Mark ^f  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Environ International   (United States)

^c Travel Immunization Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^d Dobie Associates   (United States)

^e RESOURCE SYSTEMS GROUP INC   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANNOYANCE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL DEVICE; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE STANDARD; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND LEVEL MEASUREMENT; SOUND LEVEL METER; SOUND PRESSURE; TINNITUS; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DEVICES; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; WIND;

ATTITUDE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NOISE; PERSONALITY; POWER PLANTS; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; WIND;

EID: 84916233628     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000313     Document Type: Review

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