Benefits and payments for research participants: Experiences and views from a research centre on the Kenyan coast

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Molyneux, Sassy ^a,b,c   Mulupi, Stephen ^a   Mbaabu, Lairumbi ^a   Marsh, Vicki ^a,b,c  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

EMPLOYMENT; FOOD; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; KENYA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84862548032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-13     Document Type: Article

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