Carbapenem-resistant bacteria in the environment

Carbapenem-resistant bacteria in the environment

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

Volume 76 (2025): Issue 2 (June 2025)

By:

Blanka Dadić

, Jasna Hrenović and Tomislav Ivanković

Open Access

|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2025-76-3956 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254

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Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian

Page range: 87 - 101

Submitted on: Feb 1, 2025

Accepted on: May 1, 2025

Published on: Jun 30, 2025

Published by: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health

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Keywords:

antibiotics,

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