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Wearing masks is among the non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) measures that could be effectively implemented at a minimum cost and without dramatically disrupting social practices.
Below is a list of articles, updated regularly, from Medline. The search is: Masks AND Public Health (using the MeSH subject headings.)
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