Local research ethics committees' approval in a national population study

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-145

  Busby, Araceli ^b   Dolk, Helen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984 (GREAT BRITAIN); EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROPHTHALMIA; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REGISTER; RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984 (GREAT BRITAIN); EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ANOPHTHALMOS; CHILD; CONFIDENTIALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MICROPHTHALMOS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH;

EID: 0032019130     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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