Antimicrobial resistance in the age of noncommunicable diseases

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 515-518

  Kelley, Patrick W ^a  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Americas; Drug resistance; Microbial

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASES; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF MEDICATION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFECTION CONTROL; LATIN AMERICA; PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF MEDICATION; WORLD HEALTH;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84859929044     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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