Research ethics boards: size, not money

Comment

Joal Hill. PLoS Med. 2006 Oct.

. 2006 Oct;3(10):e457; author reply e460, e471.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030457.

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Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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