Structured Ethical Review for Wastewater-Based Testing

Overview

Journal medRxiv

Date 2023 Jul 3

PMID 37398480

Authors

Devin A Bowes

Amanda Darling

Erin M Driver

Devrim Kaya

Rasha Maal-Bared

Lisa M Lee

Kenneth Goodman

Sangeet Adhikari

Srijan Aggarwal

Aaron Bivins

Zuzana Bohrerova

Alasdair Cohen

Claire Duvallet

Rasha A Elnimeiry

Justin M Hutchison

Vikram Kapoor

Ishi Keenum

Fangqiong Ling

Deborah Sills

Ananda Tiwari

Peter Vikesland

Ryan Ziels

Cresten Mansfeldt

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Abstract

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Synopsis: Development of a structured ethical review facilitates retrospective analysis of published studies and drafted scenarios in the context of wastewater-based testing.

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