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The Ebola clinical trials: a precedent for research ethics in disasters
- Correspondence to Dr P Calain, Research Unit on Humanitarian Stakes and Practices (UREPH), Médecins Sans Frontières, Rue de Lausanne 78, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland; philippe.calain{at}geneva.msf.org
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The Ebola clinical trials: a precedent for research ethics in disasters
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- Received February 18, 2016
- Revised July 15, 2016
- Accepted August 7, 2016
- First published August 29, 2016.
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October 25, 2018
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