Clinical research: Protection of the "vulnerable"?

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1103-1107

  Park, Stephanie S ^a   Grayson, Mitchell H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; clinical research; Ethics; Informed consent

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 42749087631     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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