Environmental Health Ethics in Study of Children
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Environmental Health Ethics in Study of Children. / Knudsen, L. E.; Pedersen, M.; Merlo, D. F.
Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Volume 1-5. Bind 2 Elsevier, 2011. s. 400-409.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Environmental Health Ethics in Study of Children
AU - Knudsen, L. E.
AU - Pedersen, M.
AU - Merlo, D. F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Children are not small adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility. Rapid growth, development, and anatomical and physiological changes in various organs and organ systems differentiate children from adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility to environmental exposures. The unborn child and lactating child may be exposed to environmental pollutants that depend on the maternal exposures. Also children are exposed to different sources of exposure because of behavior, for example, eating sand from a sandpit, exposure to dust while crawling on the floor. Moreover children have a longer life span in which to express illness. Second, children are particularly dependent on their environment and on their caregivers to make the right decisions for them. Their ability of making independent decisions depends on their age and it may differ from adults.
AB - Children are not small adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility. Rapid growth, development, and anatomical and physiological changes in various organs and organ systems differentiate children from adults in relation to exposure and susceptibility to environmental exposures. The unborn child and lactating child may be exposed to environmental pollutants that depend on the maternal exposures. Also children are exposed to different sources of exposure because of behavior, for example, eating sand from a sandpit, exposure to dust while crawling on the floor. Moreover children have a longer life span in which to express illness. Second, children are particularly dependent on their environment and on their caregivers to make the right decisions for them. Their ability of making independent decisions depends on their age and it may differ from adults.
KW - Altruism
KW - Assent
KW - Autonomy
KW - Beneficence
KW - Biobanking
KW - Children
KW - Competence
KW - Ethics
KW - Informed consent
KW - Justification
KW - Nonmaleficence
KW - Right to know or not to know
KW - Vulnerability
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00387-1
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00387-1
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85184544349
VL - 2
SP - 400
EP - 409
BT - Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Volume 1-5
PB - Elsevier
ER -
ID: 385506534