Inhalation of expiratory droplets in aircraft cabins

Indoor Air

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-350

  Gupta, J K ^a   Lin, C H ^b   Chen, Q ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breathing; Computational fluid dynamics; Coughing; Super position; Talking

Indexed keywords

CABINS (AIRCRAFT); DROPS;

BREATHING; COUGHING; DROPLET CONCENTRATION; EXPIRATORY DROPLETS; EXPOSURE-TIME; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; LONG EXPOSURES; OCCUPANT DENSITIES; SUPER POSITION; TALKING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79960136762     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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