Spatially Explicit Data: Stewardship and Ethical Challenges in Science

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hartter, Joel ^a   Ryan, Sadie J ^b,c,d   MacKenzie, Catrina A ^e   Parker, John N ^f   Strasser, Carly A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g California Digital Library   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 84884555396     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001634     Document Type: Article

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