An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19.
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- 10.1073/pnas.2014564118
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- 2021 Jan 26
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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@article{allodium:10.1073/pnas.2014564118,
title = {An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19.},
author = {Howard J and Huang A and Li Z and Tufekci Z and Zdimal V and van der Westhuizen HM and von Delft A and Price A and Fridman L and Tang LH and Tang V and Watson GL and Bax CE and Shaikh R and Questier F and Hernandez D and Chu LF and Ramirez CM and Rimoin AW},
year = {2021},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.2014564118},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014564118}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19. AU - Howard J AU - Huang A AU - Li Z AU - Tufekci Z AU - Zdimal V AU - van der Westhuizen HM AU - von Delft A AU - Price A AU - Fridman L AU - Tang LH AU - Tang V AU - Watson GL AU - Bax CE AU - Shaikh R AU - Questier F AU - Hernandez D AU - Chu LF AU - Ramirez CM AU - Rimoin AW PY - 2021 JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America DO - 10.1073/pnas.2014564118 UR - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014564118 ER -
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J, H., A, H., Z, L., Z, T., V, Z., HM, V. D. W., A, V. D., A, P., L, F., LH, T., V, T., GL, W., CE, B., R, S., F, Q., D, H., LF, C., CM, R., & AW, R. (2021). An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014564118
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