Revisiting the Protective Value of Barrier Face Coverings After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview

Journal Am J Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2022 Apr 21

PMID 35446608

Authors

Theodore J Witek Jr

James A Scott

John R Balmes

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