Testing pesticides in humans: Of mice and men divided by ten

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2405-2407

  Krimsky, Sheldon ^a   Simoncelli, Tania ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b American Civil Liberties Union   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHLOROPICRIN; PESTICIDE;

CANCER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; EXPERIMENT; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STANDARD; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CODES OF ETHICS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MORALS; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PESTICIDES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 34250027046     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.21.2405     Document Type: Note

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