American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on October 28, 2009
American Journal of Epidemiology 2009 170(11):1451-1452; doi:10.1093/aje/kwp334
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International Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Studies
By the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS)
Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0706
(e-mail: susanros@usc.edu)
ISBN: 92-9036-081-X, WHO Press, Geneva, Switzerland(Telephone: (+41 22) 791 34 13, Fax: (+41 22) 791 42 86, E-mail: cioms@who.int), 2009, 127pp., $45
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Many years ago, when I was the Human Subjects Research Program Manager at the US Department of Energy, I was concerned about my lack of jurisdiction over a brand new worker study that had political origins and was going to be conducted without institutional review board (IRB) review or consent. For the workers, possible job loss and nonconsent for use of occupational medical records were problematic. Concerned, I looked for guidance with which to force