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Abstract
Physiological aerosols and droplets expelled during coughing, sneezing, speaking and exhalation. Depending on the size, aerodynamic distribution or concentration they may play a role in transmission of infectious respiratory diseases.
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- Expiratory Aerosols
- Expiratory Droplets
- Aerosol, Expiratory
- Droplet, Expiratory
- Expiratory Aerosol
- Expiratory Droplet
- Exhaled Bio-Aerosols
- Exhaled Biological Aerosols
- Expiratory Droplet Nuclei
- Infectious Aerosols
- Infectious Respiratory Particles
- Respiratory Aerosols
- Respiratory Droplets
- Aerosol, Exhaled Biological
- Aerosol, Infectious
- Aerosol, Respiratory
- Bio-Aerosol, Exhaled
- Biological Aerosol, Exhaled
- Droplet Nucleus, Expiratory
- Droplet, Respiratory
- Exhaled Bio Aerosols
- Exhaled Bio-Aerosol
- Exhaled Biological Aerosol
- Expiratory Droplet Nucleus
- Infectious Aerosol
- Infectious Respiratory Particle
- Particle, Infectious Respiratory
- Respiratory Aerosol
- Respiratory Droplet
- Respiratory Particle, Infectious
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12 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, radiation effects, virology.
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History Note
2022
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Previous Indexing
- Aerosols (1966-2021)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Respiratory Aerosols and Droplets. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000088343. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000088343
- Respiratory Aerosols and Droplets. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112062515