Russell and Burch's 3Rs then and now: The need for clarity in definition and purpose

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 120-132

  Tannenbaum, Jerrold ^a   Bennett, B Taylor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Management Consultant   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WELLBEING; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVES; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84926666127     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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