The ethics of industry experimentation using employees: The case of taste-testing pesticide-treated tobacco

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-46

  McDaniel, Patricia A ^a   Solomon, Gina ^a   Malone, Ruth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FLAVOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LAW SUIT; LD 50; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RESEARCH ETHICS; TASTE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; PESTICIDES; SAFETY; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

EID: 29944446673     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.071969     Document Type: Article

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