ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2020
Covid-19: should the public wear face masks?
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. Cited by 70 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Comparative effectiveness of N95, surgical or medical, and non-medical facemasks in protection against respiratory virus infection: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Reviews in medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of surgical masks or cloth masks in the prevention of viral transmission: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and proposal for future trial.Journal of evidence-based medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers : A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of internal medicine · 2021Trial
- 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
- Prevalence and correlates of facemask usage during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Please wear a mask: a systematic case for mask wearing mandates.Journal of medical ethics · 2024Article
- Effects of Face Mask Mandates on COVID-19 Transmission in 51 Countries: Retrospective Event Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Face mask use and viral load in patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Selective and deceptive citation in the construction of dueling consensuses.Science advances · 2023Article
- Post-Pandemic: Investigation of the Degradation of Various Commercial Masks in the Marine Environment.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2023Article
- Correlations of demographic factors and hygiene factors with face mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggestion for future research: A cross-sectional study of adults in Malaysia.Journal of public health research · 2023Article
- The impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on the sustainable mobility of university members in Turkey.Cities (London, England) · 2023Article
- Face mask-induced skin changes: a new common phenomenon during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.Dermatology reports · 2023Article
- Carbon footprint assessment of face masks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Based on different protective performance and applicable scenarios.Journal of cleaner production · 2023Article
- Explicating gender disparity in wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2022Article
- IoT-Based Smart Mask Protection against the Waves of COVID-19.Journal of ambient intelligence and humanized computing · 2022Article
- Adverse environmental effects of disposable face masks due to the excess usage.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Article
- A systematic review of the impacts of the coronavirus crisis on urban transport: Key lessons learned and prospects for future cities.Cities (London, England) · 2022Article
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- Modeling COVID-19 Mortality Across 44 Countries: Face Covering May Reduce Deaths.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
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