Surgical face masks in the operating theatre: re-examining the evidence
- 30 April 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 47 (4) , 251-256
- https://doi.org/10.1053/jhin.2000.0912
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