Animal welfare and colony management in cancer research

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 313-331

  Schiffer, Stephen P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Animal welfare; Experimental design; Experimental neoplasms; Laboratory animals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELFARE; CANCER RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; LAW; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0031446536     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005978026638     Document Type: Review

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