AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 676-677 , November 2010

Can we reduce the spread of influenza in schools with face masks?

  • Sara Y. Del Valle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory, Energy and Infrastructure Analysis, Decisions Applications Division, Los Alamos, NM
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  • Raymond Tellier, MD, MSc, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Provincial Laboratory for Public Health of Alberta and the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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  • Gary S. Settles, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gas Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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  • Julian W. Tang, PhD, MRCP, FRCPath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr Julian W. Tang, PhD, MRCP, FRCPath, Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119074.

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PII: S0196-6553(10)00461-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.03.012

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 9 , Pages 676-677 , November 2010

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