Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 375-383 , July 2009

Clinical research regulation: challenges to the institutional review board system

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 The opinions or assertions herein are the private views of the author and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the United States government. The author is an employee of the United States government. This work was prepared as part of his official duties and, as such, there is no copyright to be transferred.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2009.02.012

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 375-383 , July 2009