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The Antibiotic Paradox

How Miracle Drugs Are Destroying the Miracle

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  • © 1992

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  1. Stuart B. Levy
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. From Tragedy the Antibiotic Age is Born

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Disease and the Cure

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 13-51

  4. Reliance on Medicines and Self-Medication

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 53-66

  5. Antibiotic Resistance

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 67-103

  6. The Antibiotic Myth

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 105-136

  7. Antibiotics, Animals, and the Resistance Gene Pool

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 137-156

  8. Further Ecologic Considerations

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 157-181

  9. Future Prospects

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 183-204

  10. The Individual and Antibiotic Resistance

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 205-221

  11. Antibiotic Resistance

    • Stuart B. Levy
    Pages 223-253

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 255-279
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Antibiotic Paradox

  • Book Subtitle: How Miracle Drugs Are Destroying the Miracle

  • Authors: Stuart B. Levy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6042-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Stuart B. Levy 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44331-2Published: 01 January 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6042-9Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 76 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology

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