Corrigendum: Fomenting Sickness: Nocebo Priming of Residents about Wind Farm Health Harms
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[This corrects the article on p. 279 in vol. 2, PMID: 25566521.].
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Fomenting Sickness: Nocebo Priming of Residents about Expected Wind Turbine Health Harms
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015