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Research ethics
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Results of a self-assessment tool to assess the operational characteristics of research ethics committees in low- and middle-income countries
- Correspondence to Dr Henry Silverman, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street/2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; hsilverm{at}medicine.umaryland.edu
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Results of a self-assessment tool to assess the operational characteristics of research ethics committees in low- and middle-income countries
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- Received May 15, 2013
- Revised January 12, 2014
- Accepted April 2, 2014
- First published April 19, 2014.
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March 23, 2015
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