The Declaration of Helsinki and research in vulnerable populations

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 292-295

  Loff, Bebe ^a   Black, Jim ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

EXPERIMENTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT RIGHT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034689481     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb123950.x     Document Type: Review

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