Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on July 06, 2011

Authors

Tom Jefferson1, Chris B Del Mar, Liz Dooley, Eliana Ferroni, Lubna A Al-Ansary, Ghada A Bawazeer, Mieke L van Driel, Sreekumaran Nair, Mark A Jones, Sarah Thorning, John M Conly

Author Affiliations

1: The Cochrane Collaboration, Via Puglie 23, Roma, Italy, 00187.

Associated clinical trials:

Wide Scale Monitoring for Acute Respiratory Infection Using a Mobile-based Study Platform | NCT04525118

Clinical Efficiency of Surgical Masks and Filtering Face-piece 2 Masks | NCT04823351

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