Fighting antimicrobial resistance in the mediterranean region

Antibiotic Policies: Fighting Resistance

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 135-148

  Borg, Michael A ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

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EID: 77952815535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70841-6_9     Document Type: Chapter

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