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. 2020 May-Jun:35:101637.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101637. Epub 2020 Mar 20.

COVID-19: Facemask use prevalence in international airports in Asia, Europe and the Americas, March 2020

Habida Elachola  1 , Shahul H Ebrahim  2 , Ernesto Gozzer  3
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COVID-19: Facemask use prevalence in international airports in Asia, Europe and the Americas, March 2020

Habida Elachola et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 May-Jun.
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