Cluster randomised controlled trial to examine medical mask use as source control for people with respiratory illness

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  MacIntyre, Chandini Raina ^a,b   Zhang, Yi ^c   Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad ^a,b   Seale, Holly ^a,b   Zhang, Daitao ^c   Chu, Yanhui ^c   Zhang, Haiyan ^c   Rahman, Bayzidur ^a,b   Wang, Quanyi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Beijing Municipal Center of Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Influenza; Mask

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASK; MEDICAL MASK; MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SORE THROAT; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; GAS MASK; INFLUENZA; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MASKS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85008502102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012330     Document Type: Article

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