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. 2020 Aug:108:103651.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103651. Epub 2020 May 16.

Uncertainty surrounding the use of face masks in the community amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Stanley Kam Ki Lam  1 , Maria Shuk Yu Hung  2 , Wai Tong Chien  3
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Uncertainty surrounding the use of face masks in the community amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Stanley Kam Ki Lam et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2020 Aug.
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