Ethics in child research: Rights, reason and responsibilities

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-20

  Bell, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's rights; Guidelines; Human rights principles; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952821368     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280701791827     Document Type: Article

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