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Physics of virus transmission by speaking droplets

View ORCID ProfileRoland R. Netz and View ORCID ProfileWilliam A. Eaton
PNAS October 13, 2020 117 (41) 25209-25211; first published September 24, 2020; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011889117
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aFachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
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vol. 117 no. 41 25209-25211
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011889117
PubMed: 
32973098

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
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1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue October 13, 2020.
  • Published first September 24, 2020.

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  1. Roland R. Netza,1 and
  2. William A. Eatonb,1
  1. aFachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany;
  2. bLaboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
  1. Edited by Peter B. Moore, Yale University, New Haven, CT, and approved August 15, 2020 (received for review June 11, 2020)

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: rnetz{at}physik.fu-berlin.de or eaton{at}nih.gov.
  • Author contributions: R.R.N. and W.A.E. designed research, performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no competing interest.

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