Fat rats and carcinogenesis screening

Michael F. W. Festing ()
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Michael F. W. Festing: Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester

Nature, 1997, vol. 388, issue 6640, 321-322

Abstract: It is poor science to use inappropriate strains of rodents in badly designed and inefficient experiments for testing the safety of chemicals. It is also costly and unethical because greater numbers of laboratory animals are needed.

Date: 1997
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