Is research ethics committee approval necessary for publication of prospective surgical research studies?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-181

  Afifi, Raafat Y ^a,b   Agha, Riaz ^c   David Rosin, R ^d  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL POLICIES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLISHING;

EID: 67349132621     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.04.008     Document Type: Editorial

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