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Helsinki Declaration MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Helsinki Declaration
Tree Number(s)
K01.752.566.479.068.249
K01.752.566.479.171.066.249
K01.752.566.479.173.400
N05.350.213.249
N05.350.340.080.249
N05.350.670.500
Unique ID
D006381
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006381
Scope Note
An international agreement of the World Medical Association which offers guidelines for conducting experiments using human subjects. It was adopted in 1962 and revised by the 18th World Medical Assembly at Helsinki, Finland in 1964. Subsequent revisions were made in 1975, 1983, 1989, and 1996. (From Encyclopedia of Bioethics, rev ed, 1995)
Entry Term(s)
Declaration of Helsinki
See Also
Human Experimentation
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under ETHICS, MEDICAL 1975-90
Online Note
search ETHICS, MEDICAL 1969-74
History Note
91(75); was see under ETHICS, MEDICAL 1975-90
Date Introduced
1991/01/01
Last Updated
2015/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers
Helsinki Declaration Preferred
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