Persons with no known significant health problems who are recruited to participate in research to test a new drug, device, or intervention as controls for a patient group. (from http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/recruit/volunteers.html, accessed 2/14/2013)

Annotation

IM when ethical, legal, psychological, social or economic aspects of the volunteers are discussed

DUI

D064368 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0581439

History note

2014

Public note

2014