Ethics and governance of a longitudinal birth cohort

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Birmingham, Karen ^a   Doyle, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Assent; Collaboration; Confidentiality; Consent; Data access; Ethics; Governance; Longitudinal studies; Ownership

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POLICY; STAFF;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67449136090     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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