Policies on the Use of Respiratory Protection for Hospital Health Workers to Protect from Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Overview

Journal Int J Nurs Stud

Specialty Nursing

Date 2020 Mar 24

PMID 32203757

Citations 50

Authors

Abrar A Chughtai

Holly Seale

Md Saiful Islam

Mohammad Owais

C Raina MacIntyre

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