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Review
. 2020 Dec;10(2):020311.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020311.

To wear or not to wear a mask in the COVID-19 era? The broken bridge between recommendations and implementation in Lebanon

Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian  1 , Jihad Makhoul  1 , Marco Bardus  1
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To wear or not to wear a mask in the COVID-19 era? The broken bridge between recommendations and implementation in Lebanon

Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.
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Conflict of interest: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.

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