Supplying commercial biomedical companies from a human tissue bank in an NHS hospital - A view from personal experience

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 254-256

  Gray, N ^a   Womack, C ^a   Jack, S J ^a  

^a PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical companies; Ethics; Human tissue bank

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032957388     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.52.4.254     Document Type: Review

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