Ethics and methods for biological rhythm research on animals and human beings

Chronobiology International

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1911-1929

  Portaluppi, Francesco ^a   Smolensky, Michael H ^b   Touitou, Yvan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

Animal experimentation; Chronobiology; Helsinki Declaration; Human experimentation; Research ethics; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78049250447     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2010.516381     Document Type: Article

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