Consent and population genomics: The creation of generic tools

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 15-20

  Wallace, Susan ^a   Lazor, Stephanie ^a   Knoppers, Bartha Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Law and Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 63149139643     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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