Ethical issues in microbiome research and medicine

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rhodes, Rosamond ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biobanks; Ethics; Microbiome; Privacy; Property; Public health; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

BIOBANK; FUNGUS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTESTINE; MICROBIOME; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SKIN; THINKING; VIRUS; MICROFLORA;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 84990876526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0702-7     Document Type: Note

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