Evaporation and dispersion of respiratory droplets from coughing

Indoor Air

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 179-190

  Liu, L ^a   Wei, J ^a   Li, Y ^a   Ooi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Droplet nuclei; Droplet nuclei size; Equilibrium; Evaporation; Respiratory droplet

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISPERSIONS; DROPS;

AMBIENT HUMIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROPLET NUCLEUS; DROPLET NUCLEUS SIZE; EQUILIBRIUM; NUCLEUS SIZE; RESPIRATORY DROPLET; THEORETICAL MODELING;

EVAPORATION;

BODILY SECRETIONS; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLATILIZATION;

BODILY SECRETIONS; COUGH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84961825662     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12297     Document Type: Article

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