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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer Prev. 2019 May;28(3):225–233. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000460
pi is the total personal protective equipment (PPE) factor, reflecting the type and usage of all types of PPE used during an exposure event i (range from 1 to 0.1)
pi, q is the personal protective equipment (PPE) factor, reflecting the type and usage of a specific PPE type q used during the exposure event i
q = 1, … n is an index for different types of PPE