Animal and non-animal experiments in nanotechnology - The results of a critical literature survey

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Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-127

  Sauer, Ursula G ^a  

^a Scientific Consultancy Animal Welfare   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Nanomedicine; Nanotechnology; Nanotoxicology; Severity classification; Targeted drug delivery

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHICS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FRANCE; FUNDING; GENE TARGETING; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ITALY; LEGAL ASPECT; NANOIMAGING; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWITZERLAND; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EUROPE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78751587708     PISSN: 09467785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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