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Spatiotemporal droplet dispersion measurements demonstrate face masks reduce risks from singing

COVID-19 has restricted singing in communal worship. We sought to understand variations in droplet transmission and the impact of wearing face masks. Using rapid laser planar imaging, we measured droplets while participants exhaled, said ‘hello’ or ‘snake’, sang a note or ‘Happy Birthday’, with and...

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Autores principales: Ho, Kai Man Alexander, Davies, Hywel, Epstein, Ruth, Bassett, Paul, Hogan, Áine, Kabir, Yusuf, Rubin, John, Shin, Gee Yen, Reid, Jonathan P., Torii, Ryo, Tiwari, Manish K., Balachandran, Ramanarayanan, Lovat, Laurence B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8683488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34921199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03519-x