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Original Research

The Dilemma of Masks During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Juan Chen1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yong-Ran Cheng2 School of Public Health, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Wen Wen1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Chunyi Wang1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jie Ni1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Jingjie Jiang1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xinyan Fu1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Mengyun Zhou3 Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, JapanView further author information
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Lan Ye4 Basic Medical College, Guizhou Medical University, Guizhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Zhong-Jun Ge5 Department of Cardiology, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Lin’an, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Han-Xia Tan6 Department of Oncology, The Third People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Mingwei Wang1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-5107View further author information
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Zhan-Hui Feng7 Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xingwei Zhang1 Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2369-2375 | Published online: 04 Jun 2021

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