A criticism of the World Health Organization Advice on the use of masks in the community in the context of COVID-19 outbreak

Document Type : Commentary

Author

Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Abstract

Commentary.

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