title: Invited commentary: on the role of ethics committees in epidemiology professional societies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Coughlin
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003219:Confidentiality; D003625:Data Collection; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000592:standards; D017041:Ethics Committees; D004992:Ethics, Medical / Q000193:education; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D038622:Internationality; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States