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Efficacy of Various Mitigation Devices in Reducing Fugitive Emissions from Nebulizers

Lauren J Harnois, Amnah A Alolaiwat, Guoqiang Jing, James B Fink, Rajiv Dhand and Jie Li
Respiratory Care April 2022, 67 (4) 394-403; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.09546
Lauren J Harnois
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
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Amnah A Alolaiwat
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
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Guoqiang Jing
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou Medical University, Binzhou, Shandong, China.
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James B Fink
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois; and Aerogen Pharma, San Mateo, California.
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Rajiv Dhand
Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Jie Li
Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Division of Respiratory Care, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois.
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