Effects of Ventilation on the Indoor Spread of COVID-19

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Journal J Fluid Mech

Date 2021 Jun 30

PMID 34191877

Citations 106

Authors

Rajesh K Bhagat

M S Davies Wykes

Stuart B Dalziel

P F Linden

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