Health research ethics in malaria vector trials in Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Kilama, Wen L ^a  

^a African Malaria Network Trust   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA MODIFICATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOSQUITO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC);

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650468449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-S3-S3     Document Type: Review

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