Methodological Analysis in Behavioral Toxicology: An Ethotoxicological Approach

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-332

  Alleva, Enrico ^a   Rankin, Judith ^a   Santucci, Daniela ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

ethotoxicology; rodents; semi naturalistic settings

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; TOXICOLOGY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031962429     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379801400120     Document Type: Article

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