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Ethics Committees, Research  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Board, Institutional Review
  • Boards, Institutional Review
  • Ethics Committee, Research
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Institutional Review Boards
  • IRB
  • IRBs
  • Research Ethics Committee
  • Research Ethics Committees
  • Review Board, Institutional
  • Review Boards, Institutional

Note

  • coord with geographic term

Scope note

  • Hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects. Federal regulations (the "Common Rule" (45 CFR 46)) mandate the use of these committees to monitor federally-funded biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects.

History note

  • 2002; for INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD use PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES 1982-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D028744

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