Revisiting the evidence for physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection

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¹ University of Toronto, Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada. Electronic address: peter.juni@utoronto.ca.
² University of Toronto, Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
³ University of Toronto, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Peter Jüni et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 21;398(10301):663.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01758-X.

¹ University of Toronto, Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada. Electronic address: peter.juni@utoronto.ca.
² University of Toronto, Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
³ University of Toronto, Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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