Progressing toward the reduction, refinement and replacement of laboratory animal procedures: Thoughts on some encounters with Dr Iain Purchase

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Balls, Michael ^a  

^a Fund for Replacement Anim Med Exp   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal experimentation; In vitro tests; Integrated testing; Non animal tests; Toxicity testing; Validation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPUTER; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642493713     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2333(03)00145-0     Document Type: Article

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