Introducing Therioepistemology: The study of how knowledge is gained from animal research

Lab Animal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 103-113

  Garner, Joseph P ^a   Gaskill, Brianna N ^b   Weber, Elin M ^a   Ahloy Dallaire, Jamie ^a   Pritchett Corning, Kathleen R ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85016213822     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban.1224     Document Type: Review

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