The ethics of the Three Rs principle: A reconsideration

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 339-345

  Vorstenbosch, J M G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Ethical committees; Ethics; Humaneness; Three Rs principle; Values

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ANIMAL USE; ARTICLE; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; HUMAN; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27844440292     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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