The continuing legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Considerations for clinical investigation

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-8

  Corbie Smith, Giselle ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Clinical investigation; Tuskegee Study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033054450     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40464-1     Document Type: Article

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