Antibiotic stewardship should consider environmental fate of antibiotics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5257-5258

  Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^a   Kelly, John J ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DRUG METABOLISM; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NOTE; PRESCRIPTION; RIVER; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84928905381     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01519     Document Type: Note

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