Guidance on Risk Assessment for Animal Welfare

EFSA Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

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Author keywords

Animal welfare risk assessment; consequence characterisation; exposure assessment; problem formulation; risk characterisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067793182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2513     Document Type: Article

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