Stakeholder position paper: Epidemiological perspectives on antibiotic use in animals

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 153-161

  Singer, Randall S ^a   Reid Smith, Richard ^b   Sischo, William M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial use; Atomistic fallacy; Ecologic fallacy; Epidemiology; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33344475788     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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