Institutional review board challenges related to community-based participatory research on human exposure to environmental toxins: A case study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Brown, Phil ^a   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^b   Brody, J G ^c   Altman, Rebecca Gasior ^d   Rudel, Ruthann A ^c   Senier, Laura ^e   Pérez, Carla ^f   Simpson, Ruth ^g  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Silent Spring Institute   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f Communities for A Better Environment ^*  (United States)

^g BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; JUSTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASSACHUSETTS;

EID: 77954550588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-39     Document Type: Article

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