More is less: Reducing animal use by raising awareness of the principles of efficient study design and analysis

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Howard, Bryan ^a   Hudson, Michelle ^a   Preziosi, Richard ^b  

^a RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal experiment; Experimental design; Questionnaire; Reduction; Statistics; Three rs; Training school

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL USE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL USE ALTERNATIVES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 64849096702     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290903700107     Document Type: Article

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