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. 2022 May 22;19(10):6296.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106296.

Reply to Viner, A.; Ayrey, S. Comment on "Scheepers et al. Comparative Performance Testing of Respirator versus Surgical Mask Using a Water Droplet Spray Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1599"

Paul T J Scheepers  1 , Heiman F L Wertheim  2   3 , Maurice van Dael  1 , Rob Anzion  1 , Henk Jan Holterman  4 , Steven Teerenstra  5 , Martijn de Groot  6 , Andreas Voss  2   3   7 , Joost Hopman  2   3
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Reply to Viner, A.; Ayrey, S. Comment on "Scheepers et al. Comparative Performance Testing of Respirator versus Surgical Mask Using a Water Droplet Spray Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1599"

Paul T J Scheepers et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

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The response to our publication by Andrew Viner and Stewart Ayrey is much appreciated [...].

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