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Environmental Effects of the Disposable Surgical Masks for Preventing COVID-19

2022-05-19

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly increased the demand for personal protective equipments. The global consumption of disposable surgical masks exceeded 500 billion in 2020, and the related negative environmental impact have attracted wide attention. As the Delta, Omicron , and other variants continue to emerge, surgical mask will play a more critical role due to its established protective effect. This w...

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Literature Corpus work: 3eca4159-29fb-523b-bc16-d3736ee97b28
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4114952

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