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Recruitment of Research Participants (345) Ethics, Privacy, and Legal Issues (548)

Published on in Vol 24, No 5 (2022): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/31231, first published .
Ethical Issues in Social Media Recruitment for Clinical Studies: Ethical Analysis and Framework

Ethical Issues in Social Media Recruitment for Clinical Studies: Ethical Analysis and Framework

Ethical Issues in Social Media Recruitment for Clinical Studies: Ethical Analysis and Framework

Authors of this article:

Bettina M Zimmermann1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Theresa Willem1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Carl Justus Bredthauer1 Author Orcid Image ;   Alena Buyx1 Author Orcid Image
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