Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals 2011: Another increase in experimentation, but is there a shift in emphasis?

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-219

  Hudson Shore, Michelle ^a  

^a RUSSELL AND BURCH HOUSE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental animals; Genetically altered animals; Mice; Primates; Toxicology; UK statistics; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869435711     PISSN: 02611929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026119291204000405     Document Type: Note

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