Antibiotic resistance in relation to starter cultures and probiotics

Beneficial Microorganisms in Agriculture, Food and the Environment: Safety Assessment and Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 41-56

  Wilcks, Andrea ^a   van Hoek, Angela H A M ^b  

^a The Danish Working Environment Authority   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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