title: Human radiation experiments: what price informed consent?
abstract: In 1992 a system of public access was established to more than three million pages of files in government depositories related to radiation experiments on US citizens, including children, pregnant women, and convicts, studying the effects of radioactive isotopes and testicular irradiation. The background to some of these studies is described; many were considered by Ethics Committees and the results published in the open literature after peer review.
authors.affiliation: University of Dundee Centre for Medical Education. 100545.1324@compuserve.com
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Roff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011329:Prisoners; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013737:Testis / Q000528:radiation effects; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000528:radiation effects; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes