Quantifying potential human health impacts of animal antibiotic use: Enrofloxacin and macrolides in chickens

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-146

  Cox Jr , Louis Anthony ^a   Popken, Douglas A ^a  

^a Cox Associates ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits assessment; Clinic to farm modeling; Discrete simulation; Microbial risk assessment; Policy making; Probabilistic risk assessment; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; HEALTH; MEDICINE; RISK MANAGEMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BENEFITS ASSESSMENT; CLINIC-TO-FARM MODELING; DISCRETE SIMULATION; MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENROFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHICKEN; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; VETERINARY DRUGS;

ANTIBIOTICS; HEALTH; MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33645101423     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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