Genetically modified animals in research: An analysis of applications submitted to ethics committees on animal experimentation in Sweden

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-248

  Nordgren, A ^a   Rocklinsberg H ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal ethics; Animal experimentation; Animal welfare; Committees; Genetically modified animals; Transgenic animals

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DNA MODIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ETHICS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23044448822     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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