Ethics in Biomedical Animal Research: The Key Role of the Investigator

Animal Models for the Study of Human Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-36

  Tannenbaum, Jerrold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives; animal research ethics; distress; environmental enrichment; ethics; harms; pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902039548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415894-8.00001-4     Document Type: Chapter

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