The Chennai declaration on antimicrobial resistance in India

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-106

  Goossens, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 84872593123     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70346-8     Document Type: Letter

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