{
  "id": 8664,
  "url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31142-9",
  "title": "Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis",
  "summary": "BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-19 and is spread person-to-person through close contact. We aimed to investigate the effects of physical distance, face masks, and eye protection on virus transmission in health-care and non-health-care (eg, community) settings. METHODS: We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the optimum distance for avoiding person-to-person virus transmission and to assess the use of face masks and eye pr",
  "authors": "Derek K. Chu, Elie A Akl, Stephanie Duda, Karla Solo, Sally Yaacoub, Holger J. Schünemann",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "healthcare,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:33:43.484Z",
  "source_slug": "openalex",
  "source_name": "OpenAlex",
  "source_homepage": "https://openalex.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/8664",
  "original_url": "https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(20)31142-9",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}