Collection, storage and use of blood samples for future research: Views of egyptian patients expressed in a cross-sectional survey

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 539-547

  Abou Zeid, Alaa ^a   Silverman, Henry ^b   Shehata, Magdi ^c   Shams, Mohamed ^d   Elshabrawy, Mervat ^e   Hifnawy, Tamer ^f   Rahman, Safa Abdel ^g   Galal, Bahiga ^h   Sleem, Hany ⁱ   Mikhail, Nabiel ^j   Moharram, Nadia ^k  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^f BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁱ NATIONAL HEPATOLOGY AND TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^j ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^k Public Health Consultant   (Egypt)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENTS;

EID: 77958100713     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.033100     Document Type: Article

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