Response to Martin-Moreno et al. (2014) Surgical mask or no mask for health workers not a defensible position for Ebola

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1694-1695

  MacIntyre, C Raina ^a   Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad ^a   Seale, Holly ^a   Richards, Guy A ^b,c   Davidson, Patricia M ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS MASK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UTILIZATION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84919451934     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.004     Document Type: Note

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