Does the FDA have the authority to trump the Declaration of Helsinki?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7704, 2009, Pages 1157-

  Goodyear, Michael D E ^a   Lemmens, Trudo ^b   Sprumont, Dominique ^c   Tangwa, Godfrey ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HELSINKI DECLARATION; INTERNATIONALITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 67650045408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1559     Document Type: Editorial

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