Gamma radiation sterilization of N95 respirators leads to decreased respirator performance

• Haedi E. DeAngelis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8357-2255

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• Anne M. Grillet,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

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• Martin B. Nemer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

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• Maryla A. Wasiolek,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

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• Don J. Hanson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

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• Michael A. Omana,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

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• Andres L. Sanchez,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

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• David W. Vehar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

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• Paul M. Thelen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pmthele@sandia.gov

  Affiliation Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-8541

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