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Published online 16 July 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020715-2
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Breathing causes chaos
Gas mix leaves airborne particles no way out of lungs.
Gases may mix more thoroughly in our airways than had been thought, researchers have found. The discovery could overturn ideas about how airborne particles cause respiratory diseases, and how viruses and bacteria are transmitted in air.
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