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Do we really know how many clinical trials are conducted ethically? Why research ethics committee review practices need to be strengthened and initial steps we could take to strengthen them
- Correspondence to Dr Mark Yarborough, Bioethics Program, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; mayarborough{at}ucdavis.edu
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Do we really know how many clinical trials are conducted ethically? Why research ethics committee review practices need to be strengthened and initial steps we could take to strengthen them
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- Received December 11, 2019
- Revised May 19, 2020
- Accepted May 22, 2020
- First published June 12, 2020.
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July 26, 2021
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