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Dahae Seong1, Shamia Hoque2

  • 1Graduate School of Particulate Matter Management, Kangwon National University, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea.

Frontiers in Pediatrics
|September 3, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
bacterial adhesionindoor air qualityinfection transmissionmicrobial detachmentnear-surface airflowparticle resuspensionsurface contaminationsurface wettability

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