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Comparative effectiveness of N95 respirators and surgical/face masks in preventing airborne infections in the era of SARS-CoV2 pandemic: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

BACKGROUND: Recently, several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have evaluated the effect of N95 respirators compared with medical masks to protect against acute respiratory infections. However, these studies are limited by modest sample sizes and inconclusive results. Therefore, the goal of the p...

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Autores principales: Barycka, Katarzyna, Szarpak, Lukasz, Filipiak, Krzysztof Jerzy, Jaguszewski, Milosz, Smereka, Jacek, Ladny, Jerzy Robert, Turan, Oguz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7737973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33320847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242901