Main Title |
Plague makers : how we are creating catastrophic new epidemics-- and what we must do to avert them / |
Author |
Fisher, Jeffrey A.
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Publisher |
Simon & Schuster, |
Year Published |
1994 |
OCLC Number |
29521207 |
ISBN |
0671791567 : |
Subjects |
Antibiotics--Side effects ;
Drug resistance in microorganisms ;
Nosocomial infections ;
Drug Resistance, Microbial ;
Antibiotics--adverse effects ;
Cross Infection
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJEM |
RM267.F53 1994 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
12/03/1999 |
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Collation |
256 p. ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {229}-240) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Prelude to disaster -- Hospitals: the places you go to get sick -- Apocalypse soon? -- The possible link between antiobiotics and AIDS -- Completing the AIDS hypothesis -- Dangerous exports from the Third World -- Bigger animals, more resistance -- First cures, first problems -- More cures and the widening problem -- The miseducation of physicians -- Fifteen things you can do to avert catastrophe -- A glossary of the most commonly used antibiotics in human therapy -- A specific guide to proper antiobiotic use -- Names and addresses of organizations and individuals concerned with proper antiobiotic use. |
Place Published |
New York : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1994. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
93045761 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
19991123105254 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01710cam 2200337 a 45010 |