National bioethical legislation and guidelines for biomedical research in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 630-634

  Zahedi, Farzaneh ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BRAIN; ETHICS; GUIDELINE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH SERVICES; INNOVATION;

BIOETHICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; IRAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIETY;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CODES OF ETHICS; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIAL VALUES;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 48749132252     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.050724     Document Type: Review

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