Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1435
Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis
Conflict of interest statement
Contributors and sources: The article was conceived on a professional discussion network. MBS wrote the first draft. TG added conceptual insights and coordinated shaping of the paper for BMJ. All authors contributed to the development of ideas and writing of the paper, and approved the final manuscript. TG and MBS are joint first authors and guarantors. Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.
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Covid-19: should the public wear face masks?BMJ. 2020 Apr 9;369:m1442. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1442. BMJ. 2020. PMID: 32273278 No abstract available.
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Face masks in the covid-19 crisis: caveats, limits, and priorities.BMJ. 2020 May 26;369:m2030. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2030. BMJ. 2020. PMID: 32457028 No abstract available.
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Urgency and uncertainty: covid-19, face masks, and evidence informed policy.BMJ. 2020 May 26;369:m2017. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2017. BMJ. 2020. PMID: 32457043 No abstract available.
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Universal masking for COVID-19: evidence, ethics and recommendations.BMJ Glob Health. 2020 May;5(5):e002819. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002819. BMJ Glob Health. 2020. PMID: 32461227 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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