Effectiveness of personal protective measures in reducing pandemic influenza transmission: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Epidemics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-20

  Saunders Hastings, Patrick ^a   Crispo, James A G ^a,b   Sikora, Lindsey ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cough etiquette; Facemask; Hand hygiene; Pandemic influenza; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER;

COUGHING; FACE MASK; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; META ANALYSIS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HAND DISINFECTION; INFLUENZA; MASK; PANDEMIC;

HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASKS; PANDEMICS;

EID: 85018724097     PISSN: 17554365     EISSN: 18780067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.04.003     Document Type: Review

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