Recognizing and controlling airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environments

Affiliations

¹ Healthy Buildings Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

Editorial

Joseph G Allen et al. Indoor Air. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;30(4):557-558.

doi: 10.1111/ina.12697.

¹ Healthy Buildings Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.

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