FELASA guidelines and recommendations

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 311-321

  Guillen, Javier ^a  

^a European Office   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LABORATORY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE;

EID: 84862583145     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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