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Effects of Wearing Facemasks During Brisk Walks: A COVID-19 Dilemma

Ophir Bar-On, Yulia Gendler, Patrick Stafler, Hagit Levine, Guy Steuer, Einat Shmueli, Dario Prais and Meir Mei-Zahav
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2021, 34 (4) 798-801; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200559
Ophir Bar-On
From the Pulmonary Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel (OB-O, YG, PS, HL, GS, ES, DP, MM-Z); Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (PS, HL, DP, MM-Z); The Department of Nursing, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (YG).
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Yulia Gendler
From the Pulmonary Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel (OB-O, YG, PS, HL, GS, ES, DP, MM-Z); Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (PS, HL, DP, MM-Z); The Department of Nursing, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (YG).
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Patrick Stafler
From the Pulmonary Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel (OB-O, YG, PS, HL, GS, ES, DP, MM-Z); Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (PS, HL, DP, MM-Z); The Department of Nursing, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (YG).
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Hagit Levine
From the Pulmonary Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel (OB-O, YG, PS, HL, GS, ES, DP, MM-Z); Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (PS, HL, DP, MM-Z); The Department of Nursing, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (YG).
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Guy Steuer
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Einat Shmueli
From the Pulmonary Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel (OB-O, YG, PS, HL, GS, ES, DP, MM-Z); Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (PS, HL, DP, MM-Z); The Department of Nursing, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (YG).
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Dario Prais
From the Pulmonary Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel (OB-O, YG, PS, HL, GS, ES, DP, MM-Z); Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (PS, HL, DP, MM-Z); The Department of Nursing, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (YG).
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Meir Mei-Zahav
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Ophir Bar-On, Yulia Gendler, Patrick Stafler, Hagit Levine, Guy Steuer, Einat Shmueli, Dario Prais, Meir Mei-Zahav
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2021, 34 (4) 798-801; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200559

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Ophir Bar-On, Yulia Gendler, Patrick Stafler, Hagit Levine, Guy Steuer, Einat Shmueli, Dario Prais, Meir Mei-Zahav
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2021, 34 (4) 798-801; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200559
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