Increasing Awareness about Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Hands-On Project for High School Students

Maria João Fonseca; Catarina L. Santos; Patrício Costa; Leonor Lencastre; Fernando Tavares

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044699

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Increasing Awareness about Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Hands-On Project for High School Students

Maria João Fonseca ,

* E-mail: mjfonseca@ibmc.up.pt

Affiliations Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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Catarina L. Santos,

Affiliation IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Patrício Costa,

Affiliation Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Leonor Lencastre,

Affiliation Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Fernando Tavares

Affiliations Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal
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Increasing Awareness about Antibiotic Use and Resistance: A Hands-On Project for High School Students

Maria João Fonseca,
Catarina L. Santos,
Patrício Costa,
Leonor Lencastre,
Fernando Tavares

Published: September 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044699

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