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Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 221-228

  Wallinga, David ^a,b  

^a Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy   (United States)

^b Food and Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Microbial ecology; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33344463611     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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