An exploration of ethical issues in research in children's health and the environment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1603-1608

  Paulson, Jerome A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Children; Community based research; Confidentiality; Environmental exposure; Environmental health; Environmental justice; Ethics; Financial disclosure; Institutional review board

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENETIC SCREENING; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 33749430268     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9000     Document Type: Article

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