Antibiotic Resistance in India: Drivers and Opportunities for Action.
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Ramanan Laxminarayan and Ranjit Roy Chaudhury examine the factors encouraging the emergence of antibiotic resistance in India, the implications nationally and internationally, and what might be done to help.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- PLoS medicine
دوره 13 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016