Comparing aerosol number and mass exhalation rates from children and adults during breathing, speaking and singing

• Published in: Interface focus Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 20210078
• Main Authors: Archer, Justice, McCarthy, Lauren P., Symons, Henry E., Watson, Natalie A., Orton, Christopher M., Browne, William J., Harrison, Joshua, Moseley, Benjamin, Philip, Keir E. J., Calder, James D., Shah, Pallav L., Bzdek, Bryan R., Costello, Declan, Reid, Jonathan P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 11.02.2022
• Subjects: airborne transmission; exhalation; respiratory pathogens; aerosol

Aerosol particles of respirable size are exhaled when individuals breathe, speak and sing and can transmit respiratory pathogens between infected and susceptible individuals. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into focus the need to improve the quantification of the particle number and mass exhalatio...