Application of the Three Rs in toxicology

Comments on Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-20

  Fentem, Julia H ^a   Balls, Michael ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative methods; Reduction; Refinement; Replacement; Three Rs; Toxicity testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; LAW; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0031460906     PISSN: 08865140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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