Universal face masking in community: Material, design, and considerations-reply

Anthony P Sunjaya^{1

2}, Christine Jenkins^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Respiratory Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Thoracic Medicine, Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Comment

Anthony P Sunjaya et al. Respirology. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;25(8):897.

doi: 10.1111/resp.13905. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

Anthony P Sunjaya^{1

2}, Christine Jenkins^{1

3}

¹ Respiratory Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
³ Thoracic Medicine, Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Abstract

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