Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing

Violent respiratory events such as coughs and sneezes play a key role in transferring respiratory diseases between infectious and susceptible individuals. We present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the fluid dynamics of such violent expiratory events. Direct o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bourouiba, Lydia, Dehandschoewercker, Eline, Bush, John W. M.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101386
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7936-7256
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6025-457X