Non-human primates: The appropriate subjects of biomedical research?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 655-658

  Quigley, Muireann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PRIMATES;

EID: 36049028952     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2007.020784     Document Type: Article

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