Human rights abuses, ethics, and the protection of subjects when conducting research on intravenous drug users in China

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Amon, Joseph J ^a  

^a Health and Human Rights Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN 5;

CHINA; DETENTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; URINALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT SELECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 79957949015     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318215de81     Document Type: Letter

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