Antibiotic resistance: An ecological imbalance

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 207, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ECOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 0030624532     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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