title: The New Zealand Cot Death Study: some legal and ethical issues.
abstract: The New Zealand Cot Death Study is a 3 year multicentre case-control study aimed at identifying the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The paper describes some of the legal and ethical issues which arose in the planning, implementation and analysis of the study.
authors.affiliation: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Hassall
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scragg
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003219:Confidentiality; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D017041:Ethics Committees; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009520:New Zealand; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology*