ReviewEuropean journal of medical research2020
The history and value of face masks.
Review in European journal of medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Physio-metabolic and clinical consequences of wearing face masks-Systematic review with meta-analysis and comprehensive evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Boundaries of solidarity: a meta-ethnography of mask use during past epidemics to inform SARS-CoV-2 suppression.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
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- Exploring the need for surgical face masks in operating room: a comprehensive literature review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- The bacterial burden of worn face masks-observational research and literature review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Development of a Layer Made of Natural Fibers to Improve the Ecological Performance of the Face Mask Type II.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mask device as a new wearable sampler for breath analysis: what can we expect in the future?Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2023Article
- A history of wearing a face mask in ancient Iran.European journal of medical research · 2023Article
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- Oral microbiome of the inner surface of face masks and whole saliva during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in oral health · 2023Article
- Highly Efficient, Dual-Functional Self-Assembled Electrospun Nanofiber Filters for Simultaneous PM Removal and On-Site Eye-Readable Formaldehyde Sensing.Advanced fiber materials · 2023Article
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- Investigation of the Thermal Comfort Properties of Masks Used during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Recent advances in facemask devices forTrends in analytical chemistry : TRAC · 2022Review
- Assessing face masks in the environment by means of the DPSIR framework.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
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- Speech air flow with and without face masks.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Dynamic Masking: A Proposal of Burden-Based Metrics for Masking in K-12 Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The Journal of school health · 2022Article
- Masks for COVID-19.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Review
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Abstract
In the human population, social contacts are a key for transmission of bacteria and viruses. The use of face masks seems to be critical to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 for the period, in which therapeutic interventions are lacking. In this review, we describe the history of masks from the middle age to modern times.
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