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Pound P, Ebrahim S, Sandercock P, Bracken MB, Roberts I on behalf of the Reviewing Animal Trials Systematically (RATS) Group (2004)

Where is the evidence that animal research benefits humans? BMJ 328:514–7.
The vast majority of records in the James Lind Library illustrate progress in the evaluation of clinical and public health interventions. We also include some records, such as this one, that illustrate progress in the evaluation of animal and other pre-clinical research.

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Pound P, Ebrahim S, Sandercock P, Bracken MB, Roberts I on behalf of the Reviewing Animal Trials Systematically (RATS) Group (2004). Where is the evidence that animal research benefits humans? BMJ 328:514–7.

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