The ethical dimension in published animal research in critical care: The public face of science

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bara, Meredith ^a   Joffe, Ari R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; STANDARDS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84892396018     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13694     Document Type: Article

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