Comments by the Academic Editors to Responses and Replies Concerning Mroczek et al.’s “Evaluation of Quality of Life of Those Living near a Wind Farm“: Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2015, 12, 6066–6083

نویسندگان

  • Peter Lercher
  • Paul B. Tchounwou
چکیده

We are aware of the current divide in the scientific assessment of the potential health effects of wind turbine installations. Therefore, a transparent, scientific, and open debate is necessary, and it is our duty as editors and reviewers to take such a critique seriously. There were six major points of critique expressed by Shepherd [1] regarding the paper of Mroczek et al. [2] in this journal. The editors received another comment; however, the person did not want to have the comment published. This comment is, however, covered by Shepherd’s comments. We reassessed the paper [2] and the critique [1] and came to the following conclusions.

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Comment on Mroczek et al. Evaluation of Quality of Life of Those Living near a Wind Farm. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2015, 12, 6066–6083

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دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017