Why Does the National Institutes of Health Require All Research

question 6

Multiple Choice

Why does the National Institutes of Health require all research funding awards to include women and children (unless a valid justification is made) ?

• A) Women lack access to resources that men have.
• B) Children are often neglected in research due to more rigorous IRB guidelines.
• C) Women and children bear a disproportionate amount of the nation's diseases.
• D) All of these are correct.

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