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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/31416
Title: COVID-19 rapid evidence profile #5: What is known about the use of medical masks by essential non-medical workers to prevent community transmission of COVID-19?
Authors: Waddell, K
Gauvin, François-Pierre
Wilson, MG
Moat, KA
Mansilla, C
Wang, Q
Lavis, JN
Keywords: medical masks;non-medical workers;community;transmission;COVID-19
Publication Date: Apr-2020
Citation: Waddell K, Gauvin FP, Wilson MG, Moat KA, Mansilla C, Wang Q, Lavis JN. COVID-19 rapid evidence profile #5: What is known about the use of medical masks by essential non-medical workers to prevent community transmission of COVID-19? Hamilton: McMaster Health Forum, 29 April 2020.
Series/Report no.: REP 5;
Abstract: An overview of the best available research evidence from around the world (i.e., evidence syntheses) and local research evidence (i.e., single studies) and may include a scan of experiences from other countries and from Canadian provinces and territories, about the use of medical masks by essential non-medical workers to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 in response to a decision-maker’s request.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/31416
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