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Mitigating airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Sarah Addleman, Victor Leung, Leyla Asadi, Abdu Sharkawy and Jennifer McDonald
CMAJ July 05, 2021 193 (26) E1010-E1011; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210830
Sarah Addleman
Department of Emergency Medicine (Addleman), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Medical Microbiology (Leung), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases (Leung), Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Asadi), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Sharkawy), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (McDonald), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
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Victor Leung
Department of Emergency Medicine (Addleman), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Medical Microbiology (Leung), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases (Leung), Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Asadi), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Sharkawy), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (McDonald), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
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Leyla Asadi
Department of Emergency Medicine (Addleman), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Medical Microbiology (Leung), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases (Leung), Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Asadi), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Sharkawy), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (McDonald), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
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Abdu Sharkawy
Department of Emergency Medicine (Addleman), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Medical Microbiology (Leung), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases (Leung), Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Asadi), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Sharkawy), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (McDonald), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
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Jennifer McDonald
Department of Emergency Medicine (Addleman), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Medical Microbiology (Leung), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases (Leung), Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Asadi), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Sharkawy), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (McDonald), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
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vol. 193 no. 26 E1010-E1011
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https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210830
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34103409
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  • Published online July 4, 2021.

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  1. Sarah Addleman, MDCM,
  2. Victor Leung, MD,
  3. Leyla Asadi, MD MPH,
  4. Abdu Sharkawy, MD,
  5. Jennifer McDonald, MD
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine (Addleman), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Medical Microbiology (Leung), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases (Leung), Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Asadi), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Division of Infectious Diseases (Sharkawy), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (McDonald), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to: Sarah Addleman, saddlemanfrankel{at}toh.ca

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