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Aerosol Production by Children Performing Spirometry and Implications During a Pandemic
Jhill Shah, Peter P Moschovis, Jennifer Rooney, Dilpreet Singh, Philip Demokritou, Lael M Yonker and T Bernard Kinane
Respiratory Care September 2023, 68 (9) 1254-1257; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.10200
Jhill Shah
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Department of Pediatrics, Emerson Hospital, Concord, Massachusetts.
Department of Pediatrics, Franciscan Children's Hospital, Brighton, Massachusetts.
Peter P Moschovis
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jennifer Rooney
Division of Pediatric Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dilpreet Singh
Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Philip Demokritou
Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lael M Yonker
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
T Bernard Kinane
Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Respiratory Care
Vol. 68, Issue 9
1 Sep 2023
Aerosol Production by Children Performing Spirometry and Implications During a Pandemic
Jhill Shah, Peter P Moschovis, Jennifer Rooney, Dilpreet Singh, Philip Demokritou, Lael M Yonker, T Bernard Kinane
Respiratory Care Sep 2023, 68 (9) 1254-1257; DOI: 10.4187/respcare.10200