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CURRENT CONCEPTS IN THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH
Citation:
Koren, H S. AND E. Seal. CURRENT CONCEPTS IN THE ETHICAL CONDUCT OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH. Presented at International Congress on Environmental Health, Hannover, Germany, October 1-4, 2000.
Description:
In recent years, the concern for human research subject protection has increased markedly in the United States. The nature of research subject participation in controlled exposure environmental health research is such that the individual subject bears the risk of participation while the benefits of such research accrues to society. Therefore, particular attention must be paid when designing studies to protect the health and safety of the human research subject. This presentation describes the history of human research subject protection in international and national douments. It outlines principles for the appropriate selection of pollutants to which humans can e exposed, and the principles which should be used to protect the health and safety of the human research subjects.