Regulating the collection and use of fetal stem cells

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7546, 2006, Pages 866-867

  Kent, Julie ^a   Pfeffer, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NERVOUS TISSUE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STEM CELL; EMBRYO RESEARCH; LEGAL ASPECT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMBRYO RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33645967218     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7546.866     Document Type: Editorial

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