Women in developing countries and benefit sharing

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 113-121

  Alvarez Castillo, Fatima ^a   Feinholz, Dafna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b National Commission of Bioethics   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Developing countries; Gender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN GENOME ORGANIZATION (HUGO); UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEGOTIATING; OWNERSHIP; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED NATIONS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33750051616     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2006.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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