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MeSH Heading: Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation
Tree Number(s): E05.445.750; H01.770.644.145.365.750
Unique ID: D033281
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D033281
Annotation: use only when the issue of nontherapeutic research is discussed, including its ethical, legal, psychological, or social implications
Scope Note: Human experimentation that is not intended to benefit the subjects on whom it is performed. Phase I drug studies (CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC) and research involving healthy volunteers are examples of nontherapeutic human experimentation.
Entry Version: NONTHER HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION
Entry Term(s): Human Experimentation, Nontherapeutic; Nontherapeutic Research; Research, Nontherapeutic
Previous Indexing: Human Experimentation (1978-2002)
See Also: Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0010647
Scope Note: Human experimentation that is not intended to benefit the subjects on whom it is performed. Phase I drug studies (CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC) and research involving healthy volunteers are examples of nontherapeutic human experimentation.
Terms: Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation Preferred Term
Term UI T493061
Date05/08/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Human Experimentation, Nontherapeutic
Term UI T493062
Date05/08/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Nontherapeutic Research
Term UI T020562
Date04/14/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Research, Nontherapeutic
Term UI T020563
Date04/14/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

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