Confidentiality, informed consent and children’s participation in the Saudi biobank governance: A comparative study;Confidentialité, consentement éclairé et participation des enfants dans la gouvernance de la biobanque saoudienne: Étude comparative

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 682-689

  Alahmad, G H ^a   Dierickx, K ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOBANK; CONFIDENTIALITY; ENVIRONMENT; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; SAMPLE; SAUDI ARABIA; STIGMA;

EID: 84918501290     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2014.20.11.681     Document Type: Article

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