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| Title |
Measuring electromagnetic fields (EMF) around wind turbines in Canada: is there a human health concern?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Environmental Health, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-069x-13-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| 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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 43 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 12% |
| Australia | 5 | 12% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 2% |
| Curaçao | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 13 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 34 | 79% |
| Scientists | 6 | 14% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 95 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 16% |
| Other | 15 | 15% |
| Researcher | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 12 | 12% |
| Unknown | 25 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 16% |
| Engineering | 14 | 14% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 7 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 22 | 23% |
| Unknown | 26 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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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Altmetric has tracked 25,791,949 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,618 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 38.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its peers.
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