Human health risk assessment (HHRA) for environmental development and transfer of antibiotic resistance

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 993-1001

  Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^a   Amézquita, Alejandro ^b   Backhaus, Thomas ^c   Borriello, Peter ^d   Brandt, Kristian K ^e   Collignon, Peter ^f   Coors, Anja ^g   Finley, Rita ^h   Gaze, William H ⁱ   Heberer, Thomas ^j   Lawrence, John R ^k   Larsson, D G Joakim ^l   McEwen, Scott A ^m   Ryan, James J ⁿ   Schönfeld, Jens ^o   Silley, Peter ^p,q   Snape, Jason R ^r   Van den Eede, Christel ^s   Topp, Edward ^t  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d University of Copenhagen ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety   (Germany)

^k ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

ⁿ GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^o UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^p MB Consult Limited   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^s PFIZER INC   (United States)

^t AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SAFETY; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84881016062     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206316     Document Type: Review

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