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Editorial
. 2020 Aug;35(8):1755-1757.
doi: 10.1111/jocs.14728. Epub 2020 Jul 11.

Aerosol-mediated transmission of SARS-Cov-2 or COVID-19 in the cardiac surgical operating room

Sathish Kumar  1 , Lalit Kapoor  1 , Dhiraj Barman  1 , Pradeep Narayan  1
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Editorial

Aerosol-mediated transmission of SARS-Cov-2 or COVID-19 in the cardiac surgical operating room

Sathish Kumar et al. J Card Surg. 2020 Aug.
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Summary of measures to protect against aerosol‐mediated transmission of SARS‐Cov‐2 infection. SARS‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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