Self experimentation and the Nuremberg code

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7786, 2010, Pages

  Annas, George J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; YELLOW FEVER;

AUTOEXPERIMENTATION; CODES OF ETHICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84859002727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c7103     Document Type: Editorial

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