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. 2012 May 31;9(7):443–449. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2012.684582

TABLE I. Statistical Analysis of Cough Aerosol Particle Data from Nine Subjects During Influenza and After Recovery.

    Average Median SD GM GSD
Number of particles per cough While ill 75,400 46,400 97,300 26,600 6.50
  After recovery 52,200 8300 98,600 12,600 6.63
Number of particles per liter of air coughed While ill 29,600 13,700 34,200 12,100 5.47
  After recovery 16,800 3800 22,200 5800 5.89
Volume of particles per cough (pL) While ill 38.3 20.9 43.7 20.2 3.90
  After recovery 26.4 13.5 45.6 8.4 5.74
Volume of particles per liter of air coughed (pL) While ill 14.9 12.3 12.7 9.2 3.32
  After recovery 8.5 4.5 10.1 3.9 4.56