Regulating biobanking with children's tissue: A legal analysis and the experts' view

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-36

  Kranendonk, Elcke J ^a   Ploem, M Corrette ^a   Hennekam, Raoul C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOBANK; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; GENE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEDIATRICS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; CHILD; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PRIVACY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE;

EID: 84951574079     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.59     Document Type: Article

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