Medical research in India

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9527, 2006, Pages 1962-1964

  Srinivasan, Sandhya ^a   Loff, Bebe ^b  

^a Indian Journal of Medical Ethics   (India)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33745052384     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68861-2     Document Type: Note

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