Erratum: COVID-19 epidemic: Disentangling the re-emerging controversy about medical facemasks from an epidemiological perspective (Int J Epidemiol (2020) 49 (1063-1066) DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa044);COVID-19 epidemic: Disentangling the re-emerging controversy about medical facemasks from an epidemiological perspective

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 1063-1066

  Chan, Ka Hung ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Research Collaborative   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MASK; PANDEMIC; PROCEDURES; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASKS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85083065154     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa189     Document Type: Erratum

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