Use of primates in research: A global overview

@article{Carlsson2004UseOP,
  title={Use of primates in research: A global overview},
  author={Hans Erik Carlsson and Steven J. Schapiro and Idle O. Farah and Jann Hau},
  journal={American Journal of Primatology},
  year={2004},
  volume={63},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:41368228}
}
This analysis has identified that editors rarely require authors to provide comprehensive information concerning the subjects, treatment conditions, and experimental procedures utilized in the studies they publish, including the effects of a shortage of suitable nonhuman primate subjects in many research areas.
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