Practice Pointer: Applying for ethical approval for research in the United Kingdom

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7727, 2009, Pages 968-971

  Smajdor, A ^a,b   Sydes, M R ^c,d   Gelling, L ^d,e   Wilkinson, M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d Cambridgeshire 4 Research Ethics Committee   (United Kingdom)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 70350327514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4013     Document Type: Article

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