Randomized controlled trials in environmental health research: Ethical issues

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 28-30

  Resnik, David B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 39549104083     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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