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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825566003321

Autore

Landas Marc <1972->

Titolo

Cold war resistance : the international struggle over antibiotics / / Marc Landas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-64012-366-0

1-64012-105-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

615.7922

Soggetti

Cold War - Biological warfare

Antibiotics industry - History

Antibiotics - History

Drug resistance in microorganisms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In "Cold War Resistance, " Marc Landas uncovers the dark history behind the discovery, production, and distribution of antibiotics, and how the Cold War played a role in today's worsening resistance to antibiotics"--