Antibiotic resistance: An increasing problem?: It always has been, but there are things we can do

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7140, 1998, Pages 1255-1256

  Hart, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0032565410     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7140.1255     Document Type: Editorial

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