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ArticleJAMA2020

Universal Masking to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission-The Time Is Now.

John T Brooks, Jay C Butler, Robert R Redfield

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Article in JAMA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
76citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Guideline
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  3. Common surgical masks and unattended blood pressure changes in treated hypertensive patients.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2022
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  4. Effects of face masks on performance and cardiorespiratory response in well-trained athletes.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2022
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  15. Bridge the gap: correlate face mask leakage and facial features with 3D morphable face models.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2022
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  20. Reinfection With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Patients Undergoing Serial Laboratory Testing.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022
    Article

16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John T BrooksCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jay C ButlerCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Robert R RedfieldCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Delivery of Health CareHealth PersonnelHumansMasks

Identifiers

PMID32663243
PMCPMC8607819

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Registered trials

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