Upper age limits in studies submitted to a research ethics committee

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-178

  Cruz Jentoft, Alfonso J ^a   Gutiérrez, Begoña ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageism; Clinical trials; Ethics; Research

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 77953113407     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324793     Document Type: Article

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