Management options for reducing the release of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes to the environment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 878-885

  Pruden, Amy ^a   Joakim Larsson, D G ^b   Amézquita, Alejandro ^c   Collignon, Peter ^d,e   Brandt, Kristian K ^f   Graham, David W ^g   Lazorchak, James M ^h   Suzuki, Satoru ⁱ   Silley, Peter ^j,k   Snape, Jason R ^l   Topp, Edward ^m   Zhang, Tong ⁿ   Zhu, Yong Guan ^o  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

ⁱ EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j MB Consult Limited   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^m AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^o INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Antibiotic manufacturing; Antibiotic resistance; Aquaculture; Livestock; Manure management; Policy; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MANURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUACULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881001245     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206446     Document Type: Review

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