Clinical Trials in Infant Nutrition: Methodology, Statistics, and Ethical Issues (Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series)
By Unknown Author.
Description
A comprehensive examination of the methodological, statistical and ethical problems of conducting clinical trials in paediatric nutrition. Randomized trials, meta-analyses and multi-centre studies - and the advantages and disadvantages of each - are discussed at length. Topics covered include the legislative framework of industrialized countries where trials are conducted; moral obligations in developing countries, particularly where ethics committees have not been established; regulations for formulating product claims that do not discourage breast feeding; and adherence to the ethics of p...
ISBN(s)
0781715644, 9780781715645
