Disaster-zone research: make participation voluntary

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Sanae Midorikawa et al. Nature. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;579(7798):193.

doi: 10.1038/d41586-020-00695-0.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ethics; Events.

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