Access to the commonwealth electoral roll for medical research

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-130

  Loff, Bebe ^a   Campbell, Elissa A ^a   Glass, Deborah C ^a   Kelsall, Helen L ^a   Slegers, Claudia ^a   Zion, Deborah R ^a   Brown, Ngaire J ^b   Fritschi, Lin ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PRIVACY;

EID: 84880692492     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11620     Document Type: Article

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