Utility of Substandard Face Mask Options for Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ From the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
² Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Alaa Abd-Elsayed et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;131(1):4-6.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004841.

¹ From the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
² Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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