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Wearing face masks in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic: altruism and solidarity
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cheng, K. K., Lam, T. H., & Leung, C. C.
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-04
- Volume
- 399
- Issue
- 10336
- Pages
- e39-e40
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W3016873990
- Cited by
- 455
- References
- 13
- FWCI
- 49.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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