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. 2021 Aug:90:109-110.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2021.06.015. Epub 2021 Jun 18.

Mask-off policy in the shadow of emerging variants of SARS-COV-2

Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki  1 , Majid Vahed  1 , Mehdi Mirsaeidi  2
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Mask-off policy in the shadow of emerging variants of SARS-COV-2

Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2021 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Emerging variants; Masks; SARS-CoV-2.

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