Ethics Review Committee approval and informed consent: An analysis of biomedical publications originating from Sri Lanka

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sumathipala, Athula ^a,b   Siribaddana, Sisira ^b   Hewege, Suwin ^b   Lekamwattage, Manura ^b   Athukorale, Manjula ^b   Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^b   Murray, Joanna ^a   Prince, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Research and Development Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CONSULTATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESH HEADING; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; SRI LANKA; ETHICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 41149158567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-9-3     Document Type: Article

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