Ecology and evolution of antibiotic resistance

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 469-476

  Baquero, F ^a,b   Alvarez Ortega, C ^c   Martinez, J L ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954790517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00053.x     Document Type: Review

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