Is Face and Mask Touching a Real Struggle During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Prospective Study Among Medical Students

Is Face and Mask Touching a Real Struggle During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Prospective Study Among Medical Students

There are limited data in the literature on the frequency of face- and mask-touching behavior as a potential vector for the self-inoculation and transmission of the novel coronavirus. In this prospective study, we assessed the facial touching behavior of 204 medical students. One hundred thirty-four...

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Main Authors: Aleksandra A. Stefaniak, Piotr K. Krajewski, Rafał Białynicki-Birula, Danuta Nowicka, Jacek C. Szepietowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
face-touching
mask-touching
COVID-19
facemasks
COVID-19 spreading
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.663873/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.663873/full

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