Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment.

• Main Author: Keen, Patricia L.
• Other Authors: Montforts, M. H. M. M. (Mark H. M. M.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chicester : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Subjects: Antibiotics > Environmental aspects.; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Science.; Natural history.; Electronic books.

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...