Analysis of animal research ethics committee membership at American institutions

Animals

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-75

  Hansen, Lawrence A ^a   Goodman, Justin R ^b,c   Chandna, Alka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b People Ethical Treatm of Animals   (United States)

^c MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3Rs; Animal research; Ethics; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees; Laboratory animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874370683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani2010068     Document Type: Article

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