Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides : an Economic Approach.

Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides : an Economic Approach.

The increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, and pests to pesticides, threatens to undo some of the most remarkable advances made in public health and agriculture during the past century. Though the potential consequences of increased antibiotic and pesticide resistance are far reaching, re...

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Main Author: Laxminarayan, Ramanan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Earthscan, 2002.
Subjects:
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Pesticide resistance.
Pesticide resistance > Economic aspects.
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Pesticide resistance
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Summary:The increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, and pests to pesticides, threatens to undo some of the most remarkable advances made in public health and agriculture during the past century. Though the potential consequences of increased antibiotic and pesticide resistance are far reaching, regulatory efforts to address the problem are at a very early stage. Battling Resistance to Antibiotics and Pesticides moves such discussions forward by presenting cutting edge research and the first comprehensive application of economic tools to analyze how antibiotics and pesticides should be used t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (399 pages)
ISBN:9781936331550
1936331551
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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