International Law Has a Role to Play in Addressing Antibiotic Resistance

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 43, Issue S3, 2015, Pages 65-67

  Hoffman, Steven J ^a,b,c   Røttingen, John Arne ^d,e,f   Frenk, Julio ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

EID: 84938576355     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12276     Document Type: Article

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