The scientific environment of the Tuskegee Study of Syphilis, 1920-1960

Perspect Biol Med. 1999 Autumn;43(1):1-30. doi: 10.1353/pbm.1999.0034.

Authors

T G Benedek¹, J Erlen

Affiliation

¹ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

PMID: 10701219
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.1999.0034

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article

MeSH terms

Alabama
Antitreponemal Agents / history
Antitreponemal Agents / toxicity
Black People / history*
Clinical Trials as Topic / history*
Clinical Trials as Topic / standards
History, 20th Century
Human Experimentation / history*
Humans
Informed Consent / history*
Penicillins / administration & dosage
Penicillins / history
Prejudice*
Syphilis / drug therapy
Syphilis / ethnology
Syphilis / history*
United States / epidemiology
United States Public Health Service / history

Substances

Antitreponemal Agents
Penicillins