Aerosol emission and superemission during human speech increase with voice loudness

Scientific Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Asadi, Sima ^a   Wexler, Anthony S ^a,b   Cappa, Christopher D ^b   Barreda, Santiago ^b   Bouvier, Nicole M ^c   Ristenpart, William D ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SNEEZING; SPEECH;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; COUGH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; SNEEZING; SPEECH;

EID: 85061834424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38808-z     Document Type: Article

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