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The COVID-19 Lockdown Papers - Living Conditions, Environmental Quality and Well-Being

Prioritising indoor air quality in building design can mitigate future airborne viral outbreaks

Otis Sloan Brittaina Architect MAA, ARB, Ingvartsen Architects, BOVA Network, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hannah Wooda Architect MAA, ARB, Ingvartsen Architects, BOVA Network, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Prashant Kumarb Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UKView further author information
Pages S162-S165 | Received 05 May 2020, Accepted 18 Jun 2020, Published online: 28 Jul 2020

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