COVID-19: Priority Use of N95 Mask or Double Mask

Geraldo Pereira Jotz; Fatima Cristina Mendes de Matos

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1728716

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021; 25(02): e175-e176
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1728716

Editorial

Special Article COVID-19

COVID-19: Priority Use of N95 Mask or Double Mask

Authors

Geraldo Pereira Jotz

¹Dean of Innovation and Institutional Affairs, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Fatima Cristina Mendes de Matos

²Head and Neck Department, Universidade de Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, PE, Brazil

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