N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks in Outpatient Settings-Reply

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Veterans Health Administration, New York, New York.
³ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

Comment

Lewis J Radonovich Jr et al. JAMA. 2020.

. 2020 Feb 25;323(8):789-790.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.20908.

¹ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Veterans Health Administration, New York, New York.
³ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

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Comment on

N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks in Outpatient Settings.
McDiarmid M, Harrison R, Nicas M. McDiarmid M, et al. JAMA. 2020 Feb 25;323(8):789. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.20905. JAMA. 2020. PMID: 32096840 No abstract available.

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