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Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 611-622

  Sheasgreen, John ^a   Klausner, Mitch ^a   Kandárová, Helena ^a   Ingalls, David ^a  

^a MATTEK CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D tissue models; ECVAM; EpiDerm; EpiOcular; FRAME; Human cell derived; In vitro; MatTek; Reconstructed human epidermis; RhE; Three Rs; Tissue culture; Validated method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EUROPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE CULTURE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77749301711     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119290903700606     Document Type: Article

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