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Hydrating the Respiratory Tract: An Alternative Explanation Why Masks Lower Severity of COVID-19 Disease
Seasonality of respiratory diseases has been linked, among other factors, to low outdoor absolute humidity and low relative humidity in indoor environments, which increase evaporation of water in the mucosal layer lining the respiratory tract. We demonstrate that normal breathing results in an absor...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7781334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33398291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.23.20248671 |