Local research ethics committees of the Mexican Institute of Social Security: Results of a national survey

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 329-336

  Valdez Martinez, Edith ^a,c   Garduno Espinosa J ^a   Martinez Salgado, H ^b   Porter, J D H ^c  

^a National Health Research Council   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Health research; Local research committees; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SECURITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642586419     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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