Inclusion of policies on ethical standards in animal experiments in biomedical science journals

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 901-903

  Rands, Sean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS; MEDLINE; SERIAL PUBLICATIONS;

EID: 83255187426     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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