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Hydrating the respiratory tract: An alternative explanation why masks lower severity of COVID-19
The seasonality of respiratory diseases has been linked, among other factors, to low outdoor absolute humidity and low indoor relative humidity, which increase evaporation of water in the mucosal lining of the respiratory tract. We demonstrate that normal breathing results in an absorption-desorptio...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Biophysical Society
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33582134 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.02.002 |