Noncompliance with Human Subjects’ Protection Requirements as a Reason for Retracting Papers: Survey of Retraction Notices on Medical Papers Published from 1981 to 2011

Accountability in Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 123-135

  Inoue, Yusuke ^a   Muto, Kaori ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Citation; Ethical requirement; Human subjects protection; Retraction

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 84948673870     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2015.1069713     Document Type: Article

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