ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN SUBJECTS. World medical association, declaration of Helsinki

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Adopted by the 18th wma general assembly Helsinki, Finalnd, June 1964 and amended by the 29 th WMA general assembly, Tokyo, Japan, October 1975; 35 th WMA general assembly, venice, Italy, October 1983; 41st WMA general assembly, Hongkong, September 1989; 48th WMA general assembly, somerset west, republic of south Africa, October 1996 and the 52nd WMA genaeral assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2000.