Institutional review board approval for surveys: Why it is necessary

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 718-719

  Orvis, Alissa K ^a   Dellavalle, Robert P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DERMATOLOGY; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349163958     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.05.024     Document Type: Editorial

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