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. 2008 Nov 7;40(2):122–133. doi: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2008.10.003

Table 4.

Estimated total expiratory droplet numbers produced during coughing and speaking using the measured size profile at 10 mm

Size class (μm) Speaking
Coughing
D L&R Z D L&R Z
3 3 191 76 39 67
6 50 2972 1041 542 924
12 17 1018 386 201 343
20 9 534 127 66 113
28 6 353 47 25 42
36 3 181 45 24 40
45 3 191 38 20 34
62.5 3 201 38 20 34
87.5 2 141 N.A. 27 14 24
112.5 3 191 32 17 29
137.5 3 181 30 16 27
175 3 191 83 43 74
225 3 161 47 25 42
375 3 151 40 21 35
750 1 60 27 14 24
1500 0 0 0 0 0



Total 112 6720 2085 1085 1850

Key: D—refers to Duguid (1946); L&R—refers to Loudon and Roberts (1967); and Z—refers to Zhu et al. (2006).