Randomized controlled trials in environmental health research: unethical or underutilized?

Ryan W Allen; Prabjit K Barn; Bruce P Lanphear

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001775

Randomized controlled trials in environmental health research: unethical or underutilized?

PLoS Med. 2015 Jan 6;12(1):e1001775. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001775. eCollection 2015 Jan.

Authors

Ryan W Allen¹, Prabjit K Barn¹, Bruce P Lanphear²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; Child and Family Research Institute, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Abstract

Ryan Allen and colleagues argue that more randomized controlled trials in environmental health would complement a strong tradition of observational research.

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Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Environmental Health / ethics*
Environmental Health / methods*
Ethics, Research*
Humans
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / methods*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / statistics & numerical data

Grants and funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada