Using Grounded Theory to Examine People's Attitudes Toward How Animals are Used

Society and Animals

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-327

  Knight, Sarah ^a   Nunkoosing, Karl ^b   Vrij, Aldert ^b   Cherryman, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEAT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WILD ANIMAL;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL USE ALTERNATIVES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; ATTITUDE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEAT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1042291494     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853003322796064     Document Type: Article

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