Improving bioscience research reporting: The arrive guidelines for reporting animal research

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kilkenny, Carol ^a   Browne, William J ^b   Cuthill, Innes C ^b   Emerson, Michael ^c   Altman, Douglas G ^d  

^a National Centre for the Replacement   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSULTATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 85041813459     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000412     Document Type: Article

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