Situation analysis of local ethical committees in medical sciences in Iran

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-315

  Fakour, Yousef ^a   Eftekhari, Monir Baradaran ^a   Haghighi, Zohre ^a   Mehr, Najmeh Khosravan ^b   Hejazi, Farzaneh ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ethics committees; Iran; Medical sciences; Situation analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNIVERSITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79955508497     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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