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Carbon dioxide increases with face masks but remains below short-term NIOSH limits
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: COVID-19 pandemic led to wide-spread use of face-masks, respirators and other personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare workers. Various symptoms attributed to the use of PPE are believed to be, at least in part, due to elevated carbon-dioxide (CO2) levels. We evaluat...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8049746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33858372 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06056-0 |