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Personal Protective Equipment

Personal Protective Equipment is a safety intervention comprising wearable or carryable devices designed to minimize exposure to workplace hazards by creating a barrier between the individual and specific occupational risks across engineering, industrial, mining, and construction environments.

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17.1K

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4.7K

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2017–2026

2.3K

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Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

Long H. Nguyen, David A. Drew, Mark S. Graham et al. · The Lancet Public Health · 2020 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient

Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Yian Kim Tan, Po Ying Chia et al. · JAMA · 2020 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Critical Supply Shortages — The Need for Ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Megan L. Ranney, Valerie Griffeth, Ashish K. Jha · New England Journal of Medicine · 2020 · 2.1K citations

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COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions on the Use and Management of Plastics

Joana C. Prata, Ana L. Patrício Silva, Tony R. ‎Walker et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2020 · 1K citations

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Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting: clinical practice recommendations

Peter Thomas, Claire Baldwin, Bernie Bissett et al. · Journal of physiotherapy · 2020 · 729 citations · Full text

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Authors

17.1K

  1. DL
    Denise L. Smith

    Skidmore College, United States

    19 publications · 805 citations

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  2. GP
    Gavin P. Horn

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    15 publications · 746 citations

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  3. GE
    Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre

    Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Peru

    11 publications · 872 citations

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  4. CJ
    Curtis J. Donskey

    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, United States

    10 publications · 675 citations

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  5. KW
    Kenneth W. Fent

    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, United States

    11 publications · 495 citations

    10

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Institutions

4.7K

  1. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

    Washington D.C., United States

    34 h-index

    254 publications

    10.7K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    226 publications

    58.4K citations

  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    27 h-index

    205 publications

    10K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    23 h-index

    143 publications

    4.9K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    23 h-index

    90 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    21 h-index

    92 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    20 h-index

    109 publications

    5.6K citations

  8. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    20 h-index

    60 publications

    3.6K citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Infection Control

    AJIC · 52 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 97 publications · 3K citations

    29

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  4. PLoS ONE

    55 publications · 2.4K citations

    28

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  5. American Journal of Industrial Medicine

    43 publications · 1.8K citations

    27

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