Face masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on face mask use

Hanna M. Ollila; Markku Partinen; Jukka Koskela; John Borghi; Riikka Savolainen; Anna Rotkirch; Liisa T. Laine

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271517

Face masks to prevent transmission of respiratory infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on face mask use

Hanna M. Ollila, Markku Partinen, Jukka Koskela, John Borghi, Riikka Savolainen, Anna Rotkirch, Liisa T. Laine

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Original language	English
Article number	e0271517
Journal	PLoS One
Volume	17
Issue number	12
Number of pages	18
ISSN	1932-6203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271517
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2022
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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The Strategic Research Council, Academy of Finland, 340551, LL. The Strategic Research Council, Academy of Finland, 340539, HMO.

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Copyright: © 2022 Ollila et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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