Ethical issues in environmental health research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1786-1788

  Sharp, Richard R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health research; Ethics; Governmental regulation; Justice; Participatory research; Public policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0242456198     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6778     Document Type: Review

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