COVID-19 epidemic: disentangling the re-emerging controversy about medical facemasks from an epidemiological perspective

Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Aug 1;49(4):1063-1066. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa044.

Authors

Ka Hung Chan^{1

2}, Kwok-Yung Yuen³

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Trial Service and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
² Public Health Research Collaborative, Hong Kong SAR.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Humans
Infection Control / methods
Masks*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
SARS-CoV-2

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