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Comment
. 2020 Mar 30;192(13):E346.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.75066.

Transmission of coronavirus by nebulizer: a serious, underappreciated risk

Israel Amirav  1 , Michael T Newhouse  2
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Transmission of coronavirus by nebulizer: a serious, underappreciated risk

Israel Amirav et al. CMAJ. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Michael Newhouse is employed by InspiRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. as the Chief Medical Officer and has patents through InspiRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (6,470.882; 8,119,016; D 689,602; D 685,085; and D 686725; Pending: US 2012/0318261 and 2012/0318265). No other competing interests were declared.

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