The bucharest early intervention project: Case study in the ethics of mental health research

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-247

  Zeanah, Charles H ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^b   Nelson, Charles A ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional rearing; Orphaned and vulnerable children; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ROMANIA; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD, ABANDONED; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84858121132     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318247d275     Document Type: Article

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