What Is an Aerosol-Generating Procedure?
Open Access
- 1 February 2021
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Surgery
- Vol. 156 (2), 113-114
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.6643
Abstract
This Viewpoint discusses 4 factors that explain transmission risk during aerosol-generating medical procedures.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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