The need for the establishment of a brazilian centre for the validation of alternative methods (BraCVAM)

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 705-708

  Presgrave, Octavio Augusto França ^a  

^a National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative methods; Regulatory acceptance; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL USE; BRAZIL; EUROPE; JAPANESE; LAW; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 59849103114     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290803600613     Document Type: Note

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