Environmental Health Research Involving Human Subjects: Ethical Issues

Environmental Health Research Involving Human Subjects: Ethical Issues

This article reviews some of the ethical issues that arise in environmental health research with human subjects, such as minimizing risks to subjects, balancing benefits and risks in research, intentional exposure studies with human subjects, protecting third parties in research, informing subjects...

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Main Author: David B. Resnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Environmental Health Insights
Subjects:
environmental health research
ethics
human subjects
observational studies
intentional exposure studies
informed consent
privacy
risk
Online Access:http://la-press.com/article.php?article_id=908
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Summary:This article reviews some of the ethical issues that arise in environmental health research with human subjects, such as minimizing risks to subjects, balancing benefits and risks in research, intentional exposure studies with human subjects, protecting third parties in research, informing subjects about environmental hazards, communicating health information to subjects, and protecting privacy and confidentiality.
ISSN:1178-6302

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