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Comment
. 2020 Aug;26(8):1962.
doi: 10.3201/eid2608.201498. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

The Practice of Wearing Surgical Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cho-Han Chiang, Cho-Hung Chiang, Cho-Hsien Chiang, Yee-Chun Chen
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The Practice of Wearing Surgical Masks during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cho-Han Chiang et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Singapore; Taiwan; community; coronavirus disease; evidence-based practice; mask; pandemic; policy; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; source control; surgical mask; viruses; zoonoses.

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