Implications of infectious agents on results of animal experiments. Report of the working group on hygiene of the Gesellschaft fur Versuchstierkunde - Society for Laboratory Animal Science (GV-SOLAS)

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Nicklas, Werner ^a   Hornberger, Felix R ^a   Illgen Wilcke, Brunhilde ^a   Jacobi, Karin ^a   Kraft, Volker ^a   Kunstyr, Ivo ^a   Mahler, Michael ^a   Meyer, Herbert ^a   Pohlmeyer Esch, Gabi ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; EUROPE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 15144343502     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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