Public Health is a Job for Engineers
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Abstract Instead of waiting to fight diseases inside the human body, engineering can establish lines defense further out by either intercepting and neutralizing pathogens before they reach humans or diluting them so much that can’t build up an infective load. Good create robust public health.
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عنوان ژورنال: Mechanical Engineering
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0025-6501', '1943-5649']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2022-mar2