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Antimicrobial Resistance and Migration: Interrelation Between Two Hot Topics in Global Health

Annals of Global Health
Volume 91 (2025): Issue 1
By: Sergio Cotugno,  Elda De Vita,  Luisa Frallonardo,  Roberta Novara,  Roberta Papagni,  Muhammad Asaduzzaman,  Francesco Vladimiro Segala,  Nicola Veronese,  Emanuele Nicastri,  Anna Morea,  Ferenc Balázs Farkas,  Botond Lakatos,  Roberta Iatta,  Giovanni Putoto,  Annalisa Saracino and  Francesco Di Gennaro  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4628 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 1, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 1, 2025
Published on: Mar 6, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
migrants,
antimicrobial resistance,
global health,
One Health perspective

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