The case for face masks - Zorro or zero?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 522-523

  Black, S R ^a   Weinstein, R A ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; METICILLIN;

ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; FACE MASK; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL MASK;

HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MASKS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034458410     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313956     Document Type: Short Survey

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