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Antimicrobial resistance in the environment / edited by Patricia L. Keen, Mark H.M.M. Montforts.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antibiotics--Environmental aspects.
- Antibiotics.
- Drug resistance in microorganisms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (634 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "This book explores the role that environmental distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes and antibiotics plays in ecosystem and human health. The text features a multi-disciplinary framework that connects microbiology, environmental toxicology, and chemistry to assess human and ecological risk associated with exposure to antibiotics or antibiotic resistance genes as environmental contaminants. It also considers alternate uses and functions for antimicrobial compounds other than those intended for medicinal purposes in humans, animals, and fish. Recognizing the connectivity between overlapping complex systems, the book discusses the subject from the perspective of an ecosystem approach"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Sources
- pt. 2. Fate
- pt. 3. Antimicrobial substances and resistance
- pt. 4. Effects and risks.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613401083
- 9781283401081
- 1283401088
- 9781118156230
- 1118156234
- 9781118156247
- 1118156242
- 9781118156216
- 1118156218
- OCLC:
- 768082729
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