Research chimpanzees may get a break

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  de Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUNDING; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; GENETICS; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIROLOGY;

PAN;

ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEES; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); MORALS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PAN TROGLODYTES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858994642     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001291     Document Type: Article

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