COVID-19 has redefined airborne transmission
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Improving indoor ventilation and air quality will help us all to stay safe
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Numerous publications have attempted to overturn mistaken ideas about transmission routes for respiratory infectious diseases and have initiated a paradigm shift towards more accurate definitions.
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- Authors
- Tang, J. W., Marr, L. C., Li, Y., & Dancer, S. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Edinburgh Napier University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Tang, Julian W
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2021-04-14
- Volume
- 373
- Pages
- n913
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3155619264
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 56
- FWCI
- 25.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Infection Control and Ventilation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, airborne transmission, indoor ventilation, indoor air quality, infection control
- MeSH terms
- Physical Distancing, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Communicable Disease Control, Humans, Masks, Ventilation, Air Pollution, Indoor, Pandemics
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