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Measuring electromagnetic fields (EMF) around wind turbines in Canada: is there a human health concern?

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Health, February 2014
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Title
Measuring electromagnetic fields (EMF) around wind turbines in Canada: is there a human health concern?
Published in
Environmental Health, February 2014
DOI 10.1186/1476-069x-13-9
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Authors

Lindsay C McCallum, Melissa L Whitfield Aslund, Loren D Knopper, Glenn M Ferguson, Christopher A Ollson

Abstract

The past five years has seen considerable expansion of wind power generation in Ontario, Canada. Most recently worries about exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) from wind turbines, and associated electrical transmission, has been raised at public meetings and legal proceedings. These fears have not been based on any actual measurements of EMF exposure surrounding existing projects but appear to follow from worries from internet sources and misunderstanding of the science.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Unknown 91 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 17%
Other 13 14%
Researcher 12 13%
Student > Bachelor 8 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 8%
Other 12 13%
Unknown 25 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 14 15%
Engineering 14 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 6%
Environmental Science 6 6%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 5%
Other 22 24%
Unknown 26 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2024.
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#1,139,536
of 25,595,500 outputs
Outputs from Environmental Health
#251
of 1,609 outputs
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#13,479
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Outputs of similar age from Environmental Health
#8
of 20 outputs
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