The effect of wearing a face mask on body temperature

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-27

  Yip, Wai Lam ^a   Leung, Ling Pong ^c   Lau, Ping Fat ^b   Tong, Hon Kuan ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body temperature; Emergency department; Face mask

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUTH; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MASK; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME;

EID: 13444254252     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490790501200102     Document Type: Article

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