Moving forward in tackling antimicrobial resistance: WHO actions

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2013, Pages

  Lusti Narasimhan, Manjula ^a   Pessoa Silva, Carmem L ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; GONORRHOEA; HEALTH PROMOTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84891870807     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050910     Document Type: Article

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