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Ethics Committees, Research

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Definition: Hospital or other institutional committees established to protect the welfare of research subjects. Federal regulations (the "Common Rule" (45 CFR 46)) mandate the use of these committees to monitor federally-funded biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects.  coord with geographic term   
See Also Clinical Trials Data Monitoring Committees 		Other names IRB; Committees, Research Ethics; Committee, Research Ethics; Review Boards, Institutional; Review Board, Institutional; Research Ethics Committees; Research Ethics Committee; Institutional Review Board; IRBs; Ethics Committee, Research; Boards, Institutional Review; Board, Institutional Review; Institutional Review Boards

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