Use of animals by NATO countries in military medical training exercises: An international survey

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 907-909

  Gala, Shalin G ^a   Goodman, Justin R ^b   Murph, Michael P ^c   Balsam, Marion J ^d  

^a President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)   (United States)

^b MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MILITARY MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84866240611     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-12-00056     Document Type: Article

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