Face masks and containment of COVID-19: experience from South Korea

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea. Electronic address: ksbkhb@chollian.net.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.06.017. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, South Korea. Electronic address: ksbkhb@chollian.net.

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