Assessing the search for and implementation of the three Rs: A survey among scientists

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-303

  Leenaars, Marlies ^a   Savenije, Bart ^a   Nagtegaal, Anne ^a   Van Der Vaart, Lilian ^b   Ritskes Hoitinga, Merel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Eleftheria   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternatives; Databases; Search strategy; Service; Three Rs methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; EUROPE; HEALTH CENTER; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY; LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SCIENTIST; SKILL; UNIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69849090454     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290903700312     Document Type: Article

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