Institutional Review Boards' Use and Understanding of Certificates of Confidentiality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Beskow, Laura M ^a   Check, Devon K ^b   Namey, Emily E ^a   Dame, Lauren A ^a   Lin, Li ^b   Cooper, Alexandra ^a   Weinfurt, Kevin P ^b   Wolf, Leslie E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVACY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866009660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044050     Document Type: Article

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