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. 2001 May 26;322(7297):1294-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1294.

Ethics behind closed doors: do research ethics committees need secrecy?

R Ashcroft  1 , N Pfeffer
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Ethics behind closed doors: do research ethics committees need secrecy?

R Ashcroft et al. BMJ. .
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