Ethical issues facing medical research in developing countries

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9098, 1998, Pages 286-287

  Clarke, Malcolm ^b   Collinson, Andrew ^b   Faal, Hannah ^b   Gaye, Alieu ^b   Jallow, Mariatou ^b   Joof Cole, Amie ^b   McAdam, Keith ^a   Van Der Loeff, Maarten Schim ^b   Thomas, Vivat ^b   Whittle, Hilton ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0006098089     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)12306-6     Document Type: Note

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