Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2020, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Jefferson, Tom ^a   Del Mar, Chris B ^b   Dooley, Liz ^b   Ferroni, Eliana ^c   Al Ansary, Lubna A ^d   Bawazeer, Ghada A ^e   van Driel, Mieke L ^f,g   Nair, N Sreekumaran ^h   Jones, Mark A ^b   Thorning, Sarah ⁱ   Conly, John M ^d,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Epidemiological System of the Veneto Region   (Italy)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

ⁱ GOLD COAST HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^j FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS SHEDDING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84928061076     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006207.pub4     Document Type: Review

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