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. 2021 Apr 1;129(4):047002. doi: 10.1289/EHP7886

Table 1.

Selected scenarios for which aerosol exposure was quantified in a room of 100m3.

Expelling of virus by one infected person
Abbreviation Source Reference of size distribution data
Breathe Breathing Fabian et al. (2011)
Speak-Lo Speaking Asadi (2019)
Speak-Hi Speaking Duguid (1946)
Sing Singing Alsved et al. (2020) and Mürbe et al. (2020)
Cough-Lo One cough Lindsley et al. (2012)
Cough-Hi One cough Duguid (1946)
Sneeze-Lo One sneeze Gerone et al. (1966)
Sneeze-Hi One sneeze Duguid (1946)

Note: Lo and Hi denote low and high aerosol volume relative to each other; Fabian et al. (2011) concerned human rhinovirus-infected subjects, Gerone (1966) concerned coxsackievirus-infected subjects, Lindsley et al. (2012) concerned influenza virus-infected subjects, and all other studies listed in Table 1 concerned studies on healthy individuals. More details on the data used in this study can be found in Supplementary Material S1, specifically Table S1.