[HTML][HTML] Face masks in the new COVID-19 normal: materials, testing, and perspectives

MH Chua, W Cheng, SS Goh, J Kong, B Li, JYC Lim… - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in recent decades has posed a serious
threat to public health. Routes of transmission differ, but the respiratory droplet or airborne …

[HTML][HTML] Face masks against COVID-19: an evidence review

J Howard, A Huang, Z Li, Z Tufekci, V Zdimal… - 2020 - preprints.org
The science around the use of masks by the general public to impede COVID-19
transmission is advancing rapidly. Policymakers need guidance on how masks should be …

Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries

N Islam, VM Shkolnikov, RJ Acosta, I Klimkin, I Kawachi… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the direct and indirect effects of the covid-19 pandemic on mortality in
2020 in 29 high income countries with reliable and complete age and sex disaggregated …

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health of Asians: A study of seven middle-income countries in Asia

C Wang, M Tee, AE Roy, MA Fardin… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the economy, livelihood, and
physical and mental well-being of people worldwide. This study aimed to compare the …

[HTML][HTML] Unusual purchasing behavior during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: The stimulus-organism-response approach

S Laato, AKMN Islam, A Farooq, A Dhir - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, unusual consumer behavior, such as hoarding toilet paper,
was reported globally. We investigated this behavior when fears of consumer market …

Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries

N Islam, SJ Sharp, G Chowell, S Shabnam, I Kawachi… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the association between physical distancing interventions and
incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) globally. Design Natural experiment using …

COVID-19 pandemic repercussions on the use and management of plastics

JC Prata, ALP Silva, TR Walker… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Plastics are essential in society as a widely available and inexpensive material.
Mismanagement of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Assessing preventive health behaviors from COVID-19: a cross sectional study with health belief model in Golestan Province, Northern of Iran

H Shahnazi, M Ahmadi-Livani… - Infectious diseases of …, 2020 - mednexus.org
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new viral disease that has caused
a pandemic in the world. Due to the lack of vaccines and definitive treatment, preventive …

The association between physical and mental health and face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of two countries with different views and …

C Wang, A Chudzicka-Czupała, D Grabowski… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background The physical and mental health of citizens living in a country that encouraged
face masks (China) and discouraged face masks (Poland) during the initial stage of the …

Neglected microplastics pollution in global COVID-19: Disposable surgical masks

M Shen, Z Zeng, B Song, H Yi, T Hu, Y Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
There have been many studies on the microplastic pollution, influence and control
mechanisms of different plastic products. The potential harm of microplastic pollution to the …