The basics of animal biosafety and biocontainment training

Lab Animal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Pritt, Stacy ^a   Hankenson, F Claire ^b   Wagner, Ted ^c   Tate, Mallory ^d  

^a Regulatory Operations   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c 206 Carnegie Center   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249286244     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0607-31     Document Type: Article

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