How best to define the concept of minimal risk

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 496-500

  Westra, Anna E ^a   Wit, Jan M ^a   Sukhai, Rám N ^a   De Beaufort, Inez D ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANXIETY; BIOETHICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINIMAL RISK; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051795968     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.05.034     Document Type: Note

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