Exergy intensity and environmental consequences of the medical face masks curtailing the COVID-19 pandemic: Malign bodyguard?
Meisam Tabatabaei, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Yi Yang, Mortaza Aghbashlo, Su Shiung Lam, Hugh Montgomery, Wanxi Peng
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Environmental sciencePandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Life-cycle assessmentProduct (mathematics)Fossil fuelPersonal protective equipmentProduction (economics)Environmental healthNatural resource economicsMedicineWaste managementEngineeringMacroeconomicsInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseMathematicsEconomicsGeometryPathologyClimate Change and Health ImpactsEnergy and Environment ImpactsCOVID-19 impact on air quality