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. 2020 Oct 30:8:551836.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.551836. eCollection 2020.

COVID-19: Dogma Over Potential for Prolonged Droplet Dispersal in Air

Jonathan S West  1 , Sarah A M Perryman  2
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COVID-19: Dogma Over Potential for Prolonged Droplet Dispersal in Air

Jonathan S West et al. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; aerobiology; bioaerosol; droplet dispersal.

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