An Animal Protection Sponsor's View of MEIC

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-345

  Thurston, Ethel ^a  

^a Amer Fund Alternatives Anim Res   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Evaluation; Human cell tests; MEIC

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2542525594     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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