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Nose-picking healthcare workers were more likely to catch COVID-19 during the pandemic than their colleagues who refrained, per Netherlands cohort study

08.02.23 | PLOS

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Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers
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Nose-picking healthcare workers were more likely to catch COVID-19 during the pandemic than their colleagues who refrained, per Netherlands cohort study

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288352

Article Title: Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers

Author Countries: The Netherlands

Funding: This work was funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development ZonMw (S3 study, grant agreement no. 10430022010023 to M.K.B.) and the Corona Research Fund Amsterdam UMC. The funders were not involved in designing the study, data collection, analysis or interpreting the data, writing the manuscript or the decision to submit the article for publication.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0288352

Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers

2-Aug-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Cohort Studies Covid 19 Hospitals Sars Cov 2 Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0288352
Article Publication Date
2023-08-02
Article Title
Why not to pick your nose: Association between nose picking and SARS-CoV-2 incidence, a cohort study in hospital health care workers
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, August 2). Nose-picking healthcare workers were more likely to catch COVID-19 during the pandemic than their colleagues who refrained, per Netherlands cohort study. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1ZZ2N7Y1/nose-picking-healthcare-workers-were-more-likely-to-catch-covid-19-during-the-pandemic-than-their-colleagues-who-refrained-per-netherlands-cohort-study.html
MLA:
"Nose-picking healthcare workers were more likely to catch COVID-19 during the pandemic than their colleagues who refrained, per Netherlands cohort study." Brightsurf News, Aug. 2 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1ZZ2N7Y1/nose-picking-healthcare-workers-were-more-likely-to-catch-covid-19-during-the-pandemic-than-their-colleagues-who-refrained-per-netherlands-cohort-study.html.