Towards better health research in Australia - A plea to improve the efficiency of human research ethics committee processes

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 652-

  Thompson, Sandra C ^a   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^b   Briffa, Tom G ^b   Hobbs, Michael S T ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 68349105946     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02604.x     Document Type: Letter

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