Children's and their parents' views on facing research risks for the benefit of others

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-14

  Wendler, David ^a   Jenkins, Tammara ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38149002118     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2007.3     Document Type: Article

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