Variability in institutional review board assessment of minimal-risk research

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1417-1420

  Hirshon, Jon Mark ^a,b   Krugman, Scott D ^a   Witting, Michael D ^a   Furuno, Jon P ^a   Limcangco, M Rhona ^a   Perisse, Andre R ^a   Rasch, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b National Study Center for Trauma and EMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional review board; IRB; Minimal risk studies; Surveys; Variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BALTIMORE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036894610     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.12.1417     Document Type: Article

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