Face-touching Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Self-inoculation and transmission potentials

R. Constance Wiener; Alcinda K. Trickett Shockey; Christopher Waters; Ruchi Bhandari

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Face-touching Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Self-inoculation and transmission potentials

R. Constance Wiener, Alcinda K. Trickett Shockey, Christopher Waters and Ruchi Bhandari

American Dental Hygienists' Association October 2021, 95 (5) 41-46;

R. Constance Wiener

Associate professor and interim chair, Department of Dental Practice and Rural Health, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

PhD, MA, DMD

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Alcinda K. Trickett Shockey

Professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

DHSc, MA, RDH

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Christopher Waters

Research Labs Director, School of Dentistry, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

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Ruchi Bhandari

Assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Robert C Byrd Health Sciences Center North, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.

PhD, MBA, MPA

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R. Constance Wiener, Alcinda K. Trickett Shockey, Christopher Waters, Ruchi Bhandari

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