Treatment and disposal practices of pharmaceutical effluent containing potential antibiotic residues in two states in India and perceptions of various stakeholders on contribution of pharmaceutical effluent to antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study

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Table 1 Details of the in-depth discussion with various stakeholders that participated in the study

Table 2 Themes and sub-themes derived through systematic thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with stakeholders

Table 3 Practices of sewage treatment by the surveyed pharmaceutical companies

Table 4 Perception of various stakeholders on the methodologies for effluent treatment

Box 1 Causes other than pharmaceutical effluents leading to AMR as mentioned by participant stakeholders

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