An analysis of the home office statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2004

ATLA Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-103

  Hudson, Michelle ^a   Bhogal, Nirmala ^a  

^a RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal experimentation; Animal procedures; Dogs; Home Office; Non human primates; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; DNA MODIFICATION; DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33644857053     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290603400108     Document Type: Review

References (12)

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11. Hudson, M., Bhogal, N. & Balls, M. (2005). The use of primates in regulatory toxicology: comments submitted by FRAME to the Home Office. ATLA 33, 529-540.
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