Ethics and the Conduct of Public Health Surveillance

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5658, 2004, Pages 631-632

  Fairchild, Amy L ^a   Bayer, Ronald ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMED CONSENT; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH ETHICS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 1442334141     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094038     Document Type: Review

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