Effects of distancing and pattern of breathing on the filtering capability of commercial and custom-made facial masks: An in-vitro study

• Lorenzo Ball,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3876-4730

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• Stefano Alberti ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stefano.alberti@edu.unige.it

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5890-3232

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• Claudio Belfortini,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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• Chiara Almondo,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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• Chiara Robba,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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• Denise Battaglini,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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• Carlo Cravero,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical, Energetic, Management and Transports Engineering, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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• Paolo Pelosi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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• Valentina Caratto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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• Maurizio Ferretti

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

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