Editorial: Popular concerns about medical research projects in sub-Saharan Africa - A critical voice in debates about medical research ethics

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 975-982

  Geissler, P W ^a   Pool, R ^b  

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

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Blood; Ethics; Medical research; Rumour; Science

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLOOD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONEY; SCIENCE; STORYTELLING; THEFT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANECDOTES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME; CULTURE; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 33745756248     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01682.x     Document Type: Editorial

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