"Special Scrutiny": A Targeted Form of Research Protocol Review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 220-223

  Levine, Carol ^b   Faden, Ruth ^b   Grady, Christine ^b   Hammerschmidt, Dale ^b   Eckenwiler, Lisa ^b   Sugarman, Jeremy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0742266629     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-3-200402030-00013     Document Type: Review

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