Go3R - Semantic internet search engine for alternative methods to animal testing

Altex

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-31

  Sauer, Ursula G ^a   Wächter, Thomas ^b,d   Grune, Barbara ^c   Doms, Andreas ^b   Alvers, Michael R ^d   Spielmann, Horst ^c   Schroeder, Michael ^b  

^a Animal Welfare Academy   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d Transinsight GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3Rs principle; Animal testing alternatives; Information retrieval; Literature search; REACH; Reduction; Refinement; Replacement; Semantic search technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL USE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; PLANNING; REVIEW; SEARCH ENGINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCUMENTATION; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DOCUMENTATION; INTERNET; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 66149091598     PISSN: 09467785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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