Personal protective equipment for preventing respiratory infections: what have we really learned?

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John M Conly. CMAJ. 2006.

. 2006 Aug 1;175(3):263.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.060685.

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alta. john.conly@calgaryhealthregion.ca

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Contamination: a comparison of 2 personal protective systems.
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