Research on stored biological samples: The views of Ugandans

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Wendler, David ^a   Pace, Christine ^a   Talisuna, Ambrose O ^b   Maiso, Faustine ^c   Grady, Christine ^a   Emanuel, Ezekiel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c World Health Organisation Country Office   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENTAL CONSENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; UGANDA;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AFRICA; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UGANDA;

EID: 21144459087     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3564479     Document Type: Article

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