Writing an application for a human subjects institutional review board.
After reading this article, readers will be able to do the following: understand the role and responsibilities of an institutional review board (IRB); recognize the major areas that must be addressed in an IRB submission; and avoid common mistakes in writing a research application submission to an IRB.
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Henri G
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Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA 92868, USA. hcolt@uci.edu
Mulnard
Ruth A
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