From ICH to IBH in biobanking? A legal perspective on harmonization, standardization and unification

Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tassé, Anne Marie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biobanks; Consent; Genomics; Harmonisation; Public engagment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890481703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19416008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1941-6008.1180     Document Type: Review

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