This paper, published in the International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health and produced by researchers funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, details the development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of droplets and aerosols to increase...
This preprint paper, produced by researchers from Theme 1 and Theme 4 of the PROTECT study, details an investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak that took place in a public-facing office in England from August to September 2021. As part of the COVID-OUT project within...
This preprint paper details the protocol for a systematic review being conducted as part of Theme 3 of the PROTECT study. The review will synthesise data from multiple sources that assess the relative COVID-19 risks of working in key occupational sectors when physical...
This paper, published in the British Medical Journal and produced by researchers funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, provides an interactive graphic of COVID-19 virus transmission routes, with supporting commentary and analysis. The tool enables users to...
This paper, published in BMJ Open and produced by researchers funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, details the evidence and analysis that was used to support the development of the COVID-19 virus transmission visualisation simultaneously published in the British...
This paper, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, was produced by researchers funded under Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, in collaboration with other occupational epidemiology experts in Denmark and the Netherlands.The paper details a...
This preprint paper, produced by researchers from Theme 3 of the PROTECT study, collates directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that have been used in the study of the effects of occupation on COVID-19-related health outcomes such as infection, severity, and mortality. DAGs...
This paper, published in the Indoor and Built Environment journal and produced by researchers part-funded under Theme 2 of the PROTECT study, details a new model that has been developed to predict the risk of airborne COVID-19 infection in environments such as offices...
This suite of materials – including research questionnaires, participant information sheets, and environmental data collection frameworks – is used to deliver the COVID-OUT study (part of Theme 1 of PROTECT). Related Contact Us...
This paper, published in the Journal of Infection and produced by researchers part-funded under Theme 4 of the PROTECT study, presents a new method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in exhaled breath using sampling strips fixed within face...
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