Mask-wearing and respiratory infection in healthcare workers in Beijing, China

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to determine rates of mask-wearing, of respiratory infection and the factors associated with mask-wearing and of respiratory infection in healthcare workers (HCWs) in Beijing during the winter of 2007/2008. METHODS: We conducted a survey of 400 HCWs working in ei...

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Main Authors: Peng Yang, Holly Seale, C Raina MacIntyre, Haiyan Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Yi Zhang, Xiaoli Wang, Xinyu Li, Xinghuo Pang, Quanyi Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000200002&lng=en&tlng=en