Towards responsible animal research. Addressing the ethical dimension of animal experimentation and implementing the 'Three Rs' principle in biomedical research

EMBO Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-107

  Matthiessen, Line ^a   Lucaroni, Beatrice ^a   Sachez, Elena ^a  

^a Agricultural and Food Research   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; BASIC RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SPECIES; STRESS; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DNA MODIFICATION; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIMATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; EUROPEAN UNION;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037296516     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor745     Document Type: Article

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