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Using human tissue: when do we need consent?
- Correspondence to Dr Lisa Parker, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052 Australia; lisa.parker{at}unsw.edu.au
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Using human tissue: when do we need consent?
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- Received June 15, 2011
- Accepted July 20, 2011
- First published August 25, 2011.
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April 27, 2016
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