Categories of Vulnerable Subjects
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Pregnant women
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Infants, children and minors
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Cognitively impaired persons
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Prisoners
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Traumatized and comatose patients
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Terminally ill patients
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Elderly/aged persons
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Economically/educationally disadvantaged
Source: http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/irb/irb_chapter6.htm