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Research ethics
Ethical dilemmas: feeding back results to members of a longitudinal cohort study
  1. A Jeffery,
  2. R Snaith,
  3. L Voss
  1. University Medicine, Peninsula Medical School, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 A Jeffery
 EarlyBird Study, Children’s Day Beds, Level 12, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK; alison.jefferypms.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.2004.010140

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