Antibiotic Resistance Spreads Internationally Across Borders

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 43, Issue S3, 2015, Pages 12-16

  Barlam, Tamar F ^a   Gupta, Kalpana ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEAT; TRAVEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MEAT; TRAVEL;

EID: 84938585697     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12268     Document Type: Article

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