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Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

Research study
Abstract: 
Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 is limited. This article seeks to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the general community and the effect of personal protective equipment (PPE) on risk.
Authors: 
Long H Nguyen, David A Drew, Mark S Graham, Amit D Joshi, Chuan-Guo Guo, Wenjie Ma, Raaj S Mehta, Erica T Warner, Daniel R Sikavi, Chun-Han Lo, Sohee Kwon, Mingyang Song, Lorelei A Mucci, Meir J Stampfer, Walter C Willett, A Heather Eliassen, Jaime E Hart, Jorge E Chavarro, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Richard Davies, Joan Capdevila, Karla A Lee, Mary Ni Lochlainn, Thomas Varsavsky, Carole H Sudre, M Jorge Cardoso, Jonathan Wolf, Tim D Spector, Sebastien Ourselin†, Claire J Steves†, Andrew T Chan†, on behalf of the COronavirus Pandemic Epidemiology Consortium
Link:
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2468-2667%2820%2930164-X
Category: 
Control
Investigation
Prevention
Intervention Study