Informed consent in China: Quality of information provided to participants in a research project

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 472-475

  Lynöe, Niels ^a   Sandlund, Mikael ^a   Jacobsson, Lars ^a   Nordberg, Gunnar ^a   Jin, Taiyi ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

epidemiological research; informed consent; research ethics

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 12544258473     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940410029432     Document Type: Article

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