ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2020
Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis.
Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 308 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Leveraging Community Health Workers to Improve COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation Among Criminal Justice-involved Individuals Accessing a Corrections-focused Community-based Organization
Impact of Face Masks on the Six Minute Walking Distance in Pulmonary Hypertension Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective, Randomized Cross-over Study
Who cites it
308 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Adherence to mask-wearing and its impact on the incidence and deaths of viral respiratory infectious diseases: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Asian American Vaccination, Testing, and Other Healthcare Knowledge & Behaviors during COVID-19, A Systematic Review.Pathogens and global health · 2023Pooled it
- Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Mask-Wearing on Respiratory Illness Transmission in Community Settings: A Rapid Review.Disaster medicine and public health preparedness · 2022Pooled it
- The use of masks to protect against respiratory infections: An umbrella review.Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) · 2021Pooled it
- Facemask use in community settings to prevent respiratory infection transmission: A rapid review and meta-analysis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Boundaries of solidarity: a meta-ethnography of mask use during past epidemics to inform SARS-CoV-2 suppression.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- Mitigation of COVID-19 through onsite testing and education among formerly incarcerated individuals (the MOSAIC study): an open-label, single-centre, randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Public health · 2026Trial
- Theory-based Trial to Promote Uptake and Sustained Use of Face Coverings During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Trial
- Evaluating the effect of infographics on public recall, sentiment and willingness to use face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomised internet-based questionnaire study.BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Community practice of using face masks for the prevention of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Understanding and addressing the obstacles to a trial of face masks in schools: a mixed-methods feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- The Pragmatics and the Normativity of Ignorance Attributions.Philosophical studies · 2026Article
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Mask Usage in Healthcare Settings: Is It the Right Time for Easing Restrictions? A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Fluid dynamical pathways of airborne transmission while waiting in a line.Science advances · 2025Article
- Characteristics of the microbiota in the nasopharynx and nasal cavity of healthy children before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2025Article
- Adapting the Germ Defence Web-Based Intervention to Improve Infection Prevention and Control in Care Homes: Interview Study Among Care Home Staff.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Measuring the fitted filtration efficiency of cloth masks, medical masks and respirators.PloS one · 2025Article
- Factors influencing mask-wearing behavior in the context of COVID-19 severity risks in the post-COVID-19 era: a Japanese Nationwide Epidemiological Survey in 2023.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2025Article
248 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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