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Reporting of ethical approval articles on child health in five
American journals in 1999. Values are numbers (percentages)
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JAMA
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New
England Journal of
Medicine
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Pediatrics
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Journal
of
Pediatrics
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Archives
of Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine
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All journals
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| Studies |
With
approval |
Studies |
With
approval |
Studies |
With
approval |
Studies |
With
approval |
Studies |
With
approval |
Total |
With approval |
|
| Randomised controlled
trial |
4 (11) |
3
(75) |
|
9 (24) |
9
(100) |
|
32 (18) |
31
(97) |
|
30 (19) |
29
(97) |
|
11 (8) |
11
(100) |
|
86 (15) |
83 (97) |
| Prospective cohort |
11 (29) |
9
(82) |
|
13 (35) |
10
(77) |
|
95 (53) |
71
(75) |
|
75 (47) |
52
(69) |
|
91 (63) |
58
(64) |
|
285 (51) |
200 (70) |
| Retrospective cohort |
6 (16) |
4
(67) |
|
2 (5) |
1
(50) |
|
8 (4) |
3
(38) |
|
21 (13) |
7
(33) |
|
17 (12) |
5
(29) |
|
54 (10) |
20 (37) |
| Case series |
4 (11) |
2
(50) |
|
3 (8) |
1
(33) |
|
22 (12) |
9
(41) |
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29 (18) |
5
(17) |
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9 (6) |
4
(44) |
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67 (12) |
21 (31) |
| Case-control study |
2 (5) |
1
(50) |
|
2 (5) |
1
(50) |
|
3 (2) |
3
(100) |
|
1
(1) |
0 |
|
5 (3) |
3
(60) |
|
13 (2) |
8 (62) |
| Large dataset analyses |
11 (29) |
1
(9) |
|
8 (22) |
2
(25) |
|
20 (11) |
1
(5) |
|
5 (3) |
1
(20) |
|
12
(8) |
0 |
|
56
(10) |
5 (9) |
| Total |
38 |
20
(53) |
|
37 |
24
(65) |
|
180 |
118
(66) |
|
161 |
97
(60) |
|
145 |
81
(56) |
|
561 |
340 (61) |