Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Holger J. Schünemann; Elie A. Akl; Roger Chou; Derek K. Chu; Mark Loeb; Tamara Lotfi; Reem A. Mustafa; Ignacio Neumann; Lynora Saxinger; Shahnaz Sultan; Dominik Mertz

doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30352-0

Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Holger J. Schünemann, Elie A. Akl, Roger Chou, Derek K. Chu, Mark Loeb, Tamara Lotfi, Reem A. Mustafa, Ignacio Neumann, Lynora Saxinger, Shahnaz Sultan, Dominik Mertz

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	954-955
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Volume	8
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30352-0
State	Published - Oct 2020

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic. / Schünemann, Holger J.; Akl, Elie A.; Chou, Roger; Chu, Derek K.; Loeb, Mark; Lotfi, Tamara; Mustafa, Reem A.; Neumann, Ignacio; Saxinger, Lynora; Sultan, Shahnaz; Mertz, Dominik.

In: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 10, 10.2020, p. 954-955.

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