Painful dilemmas: The ethics of animal-based pain research

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-63

  Magalhaes Sant'Ana M ^a,b   Sandoe P ^c   Olsson, I A S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Universitary School Vasco da Gama   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal models; Animal welfare; Ethics; Laboratory animals; Pain; Three Rs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ANIMAL USE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 59849097839     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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