| Title |
The Pattern of Complaints about Australian Wind Farms Does Not Match the Establishment and Distribution of Turbines: Support for the Psychogenic, ‘Communicated Disease’ Hypothesis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0076584 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Simon Chapman, Alexis St. George, Karen Waller, Vince Cakic |
| Abstract |
With often florid allegations about health problems arising from wind turbine exposure now widespread, nocebo effects potentially confound any future investigation of turbine health impact. Historical audits of health complaints are therefore important. We test 4 hypotheses relevant to psychogenic explanations of the variable timing and distribution of health and noise complaints about wind farms in Australia. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 60 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 12 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 12% |
| Netherlands | 4 | 7% |
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 3 | 5% |
| Ireland | 2 | 3% |
| Curaçao | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 25 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 44 | 73% |
| Scientists | 11 | 18% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 7% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 83 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 | 81 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 13% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 10 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 24 | 29% |
| Unknown | 18 | 22% |