Japanese policy on animal welfare: An instructive example for scientific animal experimentation

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Takahashi Omoe, Hiromi ^a   Omoe, Katsuhiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal experimentation; Japan; Management systems

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL USE; ANIMAL WELFARE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; JAPAN; LAW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55349122194     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: 18068774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2008.v10pT63     Document Type: Review

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