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. 2020 Jul 6:ciaa939. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa939
It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19
Lidia Morawska
1,✉, Donald K Milton
2
Lidia Morawska
1
International Laboratory for Air Quality and Heath, WHO Collaborating Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Donald K Milton
2
Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Campus Dr, College Park, Maryland, USA
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1
International Laboratory for Air Quality and Heath, WHO Collaborating Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2
Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Campus Dr, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Corresponding author: Lidia Morawska, Email: l.morawska@qut.edu.au
Received 2020 Jun 26.
Keywords: airborne transmission, airborne infection spread, coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 virus
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