Containment of antibiotic resistance

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5354, 1998, Pages 1153-1154

  Williams, Rosamund J ^a   Heymann, David L ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRUG USE; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0032549098     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5354.1153     Document Type: Short Survey

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