Exploring ethical considerations for the use of biological and physiological markers in population-based surveys in less developed countries

Globalization and Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pappas, Gregory ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical standards; Less developed countries; Population based health surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STANDARD;

EID: 33644837907     PISSN: 17448603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-1-16     Document Type: Article

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