Safety Concerns for Facial Topography Customized 3D-printed N95 Filtering Face-piece Respirator Produced for the COVID-19 Pandemic: Initial Step is Respiratory Fit Testing

Overview

Journal Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg

Specialties Dentistry
General Surgery

Date 2020 Sep 23

PMID 32962882

Citations 3

Authors

A R Scott

J Hu

C Gan

J A Morris

K W Meacham

D H Ballard

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