EPA's 2006 human-subjects rule for pesticide experiments

Accountability in Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-254

  Shrader Frechette, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Advisory board; Children; Consent; Developmental effects; Dosing studies; Environmental Protection Agency; Human Subjects Review Board; Insecticide; Institutional review board; Nazi; Neurological effects; Nuremberg; Organophosphate; Pesticide; Re registration; Regulations; Sample size

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD WELFARE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 40149091451     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620701670161     Document Type: Article

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