The coronavirus pandemic and aerosols: Does COVID-19 transmit via expiratory particles?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Davis College of Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
² Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
³ Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.

Editorial

Sima Asadi et al. Aerosol Sci Technol. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 3;0(0):1-4.

doi: 10.1080/02786826.2020.1749229. eCollection 2020.

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Davis College of Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA.
² Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
³ Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.

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