Antibiotic resistance: A clinician's perspective

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 43-45

  Hawkes, Clifton A ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0033930035     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.suppl_2.43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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