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Physical Distancing

Physical Distancing is a public health intervention strategy that belongs to the class of non-pharmaceutical control measures, distinguished by its reliance on maintaining predetermined spatial separation between individuals to reduce the transmission of infectious agents.

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The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing

Sandro Galea, Raina M. Merchant, Nicole Lurie · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2020 · 2.2K citations

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Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.

Daniel Römer, Kathleen Hall Jamieson · Social Science & Medicine · 2020 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 cases, deaths, and demand for hospital services in the UK: a modelling study

Nicholas G. Davies, Adam J. Kucharski, Rosalind M. Eggo et al. · The Lancet Public Health · 2020 · 975 citations · Full text

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Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in different settings: a mathematical modelling study

Adam J. Kucharski, Petra Klepac, Andrew J. K. Conlan et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 958 citations · Full text

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Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK

Christopher I Jarvis, Kevin van Zandvoort, Amy Gimma et al. · BMC Medicine · 2020 · 832 citations · Full text

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    Adam J. Kucharski

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 2.9K citations

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    Kevin van Zandvoort

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 3.7K citations

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    Sebastian Funk

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 3.2K citations

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    Christopher I Jarvis

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 3.5K citations

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    Petra Klepac

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 3.5K citations

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  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    75 publications

    12.2K citations

  2. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    167 publications

    30.6K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    26 h-index

    112 publications

    6.7K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    25 h-index

    72 publications

    6.8K citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    21 h-index

    81 publications

    8.3K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    61 publications

    4.8K citations

  7. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    17 h-index

    25 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    16 h-index

    65 publications

    6K citations

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  1. medRxiv

    Repository · 59 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    33 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

    16 publications · 976 citations

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 20 publications · 588 citations

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