Reporting of Ethical Approval and Informed Consent in Clinical Research Published in Leading Anesthesia Journals

Anesthesiology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1209-1213

  Myles, Paul S ^a   Tan, Nicole ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; INFORMED CONSENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0242363757     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200311000-00030     Document Type: Review

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