Protecting children's rights in the collection of health and welfare data

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-100

  Schenk, Katie ^a   Murove, Tapfuma ^b   Williamson, Jan ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; ETHICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; POVERTY; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 39049181496     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4065391     Document Type: Article

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