ReviewAnnals of internal medicine2020
Use of N95, Surgical, and Cloth Masks to Prevent COVID-19 in Health Care and Community Settings: Living Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 1).
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Review in Annals of internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
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- Unraveling the potential human health risks from used disposable face mask-derived micro/nanoplastics during the COVID-19 pandemic scenario: A critical review.Environment international · 2022Review
- Fit-Tested N95 Masks Combined With Portable High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration Can Protect Against High Aerosolized Viral Loads Over Prolonged Periods at Close Range.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Vaccine Breakthrough Incidence among Health Care Workers Vaccinated with Inactivated SARS-CoV2 Vaccine (CoronaVac).Journal of research in health sciences · 2022Article
- Altered Ocular Surface Health Status and Tear Film Immune Profile Due to Prolonged Daily Mask Wear in Health Care Workers.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Surface Functionalization of Non-Woven Fabrics Using a Novel Silica-Resin Coating Technology: Antiviral Treatment of Non-Woven Fabric Filters in Surgical Masks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Survey of Adherence with COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors During the 2020 Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays Among Members of the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership.Journal of community health · 2022Article
- Big data analytics for mask prominence in COVID pandemic.Materials today. Proceedings · 2022Article
- Face mask detection and classification via deep transfer learning.Multimedia tools and applications · 2022Article
- Analysis of the Impacts on the Psychological Changes of Chinese Returning College Students After the Outbreak of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Preparing for future waves and pandemics: a global hospital survey on infection control measures and infection rates in COVID-19.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2021Article
- Factors Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Bogotá, Colombia: Results From a Large Epidemiological Surveillance Study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2021Article
- How much COVID-19 face protections influence speech intelligibility in classrooms?Applied acoustics. Acoustique applique. Angewandte Akustik · 2021Article
- Effects of Implementation of Infection Control Measures against COVID-19 on the Condition of Japanese Rural Nursing Homes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Modelling the impact of the mandatory use of face coverings on public transport and in retail outlets in the UK on COVID-19-related infections, hospital admissions and mortality.International journal of clinical practice · 2021Article
- SARS-CoV-2 and Health Care Worker Protection in Low-Risk Settings: a Review of Modes of Transmission and a Novel Airborne Model Involving Inhalable Particles.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2020Review
- Update Alert: Use of N95, Surgical, or Cloth Masks to Prevent COVID-19 in Health Care and Community Settings: Living Practice Points From the American College of Physicians (Version 1).Annals of internal medicine · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
16 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
Amir QaseemAmerican College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.Q., I.E.).ORCID 0000-0001-6866-7985
Itziar Etxeandia-IkobaltzetaAmerican College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.Q., I.E.).ORCID 0000-0001-6606-649X
Jennifer YostAmerican College of Physicians, Philadelphia, and Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania (J.Y.).ORCID 0000-0002-3170-1956
Matthew C MillerPenn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (M.C.M., M.A.F.).ORCID 0000-0001-7267-4897
George M AbrahamUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School and Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts (G.M.A.).ORCID 0000-0003-4296-8362
Adam J ObleyPortland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (A.J.O., L.L.H.).
Mary Ann ForcieaPenn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (M.C.M., M.A.F.).ORCID 0000-0002-1999-1145
Janet A JokelaUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois (J.A.J.).
Linda L HumphreyPortland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (A.J.O., L.L.H.).
Scientific Medical Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians
Robert M Centor
Rebecca Andrews
Thomas A Bledsoe
Ray Haeme
Devan L Kansagara
Maura Marcucci
American College of Physicians · USOregon Health & Science University · USPenn Center for AIDS Research · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US
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BetacoronavirusGuidelines as TopicCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Disease Transmission, InfectiousHumansMasksPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2United States
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