Clarifying assent in pediatric research

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 266-269

  Giesbertz, Noor A A ^a   Bredenoord, Annelien L ^a   Van Delden, Johannes J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assent; biobank; ethics; pediatric research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84892806900     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.119     Document Type: Article

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