Testing vaccines in pediatric research subjects

Vaccine

Volumn 27, Issue 25-26, 2009, Pages 3291-3294

  Jacobson, Robert M ^a   Ovsyannikova, Inna G ^a   Poland, Gregory A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Human experimentation; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; CHOLERA VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; PLACEBO; PNEUMOCOCCUS CONJUGATE VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; THIOMERSAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ETHICS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CONSENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

CHILD; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; VACCINES;

EID: 67349240149     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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