Research:Face mask

Research

Definition/description

As a result, a face mask works by providing a physical barrier against the potentially infectious droplets.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350612003411?via%3Dihub

Examples

The staff members who conducted the dialysis treatments wore face shields, N95 face masks , eye shields, disposable gowns, caps, and gloves.

Source: https://www.ajkd.org/article/S0272-6386(20)30612-0/fulltext

At the individual level, surgical face masks have often been a particularly visible image from affected cities in China.

Source: https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.6.2000110

Participants frequently attempted to compensate for their negative attitudes by suggesting 'easier' behaviours such as the use of antibacterial gel, gloves or face masks.

Source: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-9-258

In this retrospective cohort study, 73 patients were studied and all of them were ventilated with a face mask.

Source: https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/cc8514

Collocations

• use face mask
• wear face mask
• surgical face mask
• filtering face mask
• ventilation through/with face mask

Keyness

>1000

Note

“Face mask” in this corpus means both “surgical face mask” and “oxygen mask” used for ventilation (see the last example).