Is antimicrobial resistance a slowly emerging disaster?

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 255-265

  Viens, A M ^a   Littmann, Jasper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 84975736114     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phv015     Document Type: Article

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