Ethical aspects of human biobanks: A systematic review

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-279

  Budimir, Danijela ^a   Polašek, Ozren ^a   Marušić, Ana ^a   Kolčić, Ivana ^a   Zemunik, Tatijana ^a   Boraska, Vesna ^a   Jerončić, Ana ^a   Boban, Mladen ^a   Campbell, Harry ^b   Rudan, Igor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOBANK; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIVACY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENETIC PRIVACY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; TISSUE BANKS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80051948016     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2011.52.262     Document Type: Article

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