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Professional and home-made face masks reduce exposure to respiratory infections among the general po...

Professional and home-made face masks reduce exposure to respiratory infections among the general po...

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Professional and home-made face masks reduce exposure to respiratory infections among the general population

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Professional and home-made face masks reduce exposure to respiratory infections among the general population

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PloS one, 2008-07, Vol.3 (7), p.e2618-e2618

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Governments are preparing for a potential influenza pandemic. Therefore they need data to assess the possible impact of interventions. Face-masks worn by the general population could be an accessible and affordable intervention, if effective when worn under routine circumstances.
We assessed transmission reduction potential provided by personal...

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Professional and home-made face masks reduce exposure to respiratory infections among the general population

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312314118

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312314118

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ISSN

1932-6203

E-ISSN

1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0002618

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