Misleading health claims for food products need to be banned.
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چکیده
After reading this study, two important ethical issues have emerged first; the claims made by company are exaggerated and second, results seem to be generalized to all children without any regard to the study results. Methodological and ethical issues related to the study are; not declaring conflict of interest and source of support by authors, unclear randomization, not following intention to treat principle, and blinding.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 48 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011