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Assessing the effect of beard hair lengths on face masks used as personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Globally, a large percentage of men keep a beard at least occasionally. Workplace regulations prohibit beards with N95 respirators, but there is little information on the effect of beards with face masks worn by the public for protection against SARS-CoV-2. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We exami...

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Autores principales: Prince, Steven E., Chen, Hao, Tong, Haiyan, Berntsen, Jon, Masood, Syed, Zeman, Kirby L., Clapp, Phillip W., Bennett, William D., Samet, James M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8130778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34006963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41370-021-00337-1