Ethical and methodological considerations on conducting clinical research in poor and low-income countries: Viewpoint of the authors of the BEST TRIP ICP randomized trial in Latin America

Surgical Neurology International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chesnut, Randall M ^a   Temkin, Nancy ^a   Dikmen, Sureyya ^a   Rondina, Carlos ^b   Videtta, Walter ^c   Lujan, Silvia ^b   Petroni, Gustavo ^b   Pridgeon, James ^a   Barber, Jason ^a   MacHamer, Joan ^d   Chaddock, Kelley ^a   Celix, Juanita M ^a   Cherner, Marianna ^e   Hendrix, Terence ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Hospital de Emergencias Dr Clemente Alvarez   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85028339150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21527806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.159841     Document Type: Letter

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