Ethical Dilemmas in Protecting Susceptible Subpopulations From Environmental Health Risks: Liberty, Utility, Fairness, and Accountability for Reasonableness
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Bioethics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1526-5161,1536-0075
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2017.1418922