Transparency in research involving animals: The Basel declaration and new principles for reporting research in BJP manuscripts

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2427-2432

  McGrath, John C ^a   McLachlan, Elspeth M ^b   Zeller, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Basel Declaration Society   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TESTING REPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FUNDING; MAMMAL; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH TRANSPARENCY; REVIEW; STANDARD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; DISCLOSURE; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84928335350     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12956     Document Type: Review

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