Row erupts over child aggression study

Last week psychiatrists from the New York State Psychiatric Institute, who used fenfluramine in a clinical trial examining aggression in poor, non-white, inner-city boys, defended themselves and those who approved the projects against press criticism.

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Published in	Nature (London) Vol. 392; no. 6678; p. 747
Main Author	Wadman, Meredith
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.04.1998 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects	African Americans Aggression Aggression - physiology Behavioral Research Child Child psychology Clinical Protocols Clinical trials Criticism Ethical Review Ethics Committees, Research Ethics, Medical Federal Government Fenfluramine - administration & dosage Fenfluramine - adverse effects Fenfluramine - pharmacology Government Regulation Hispanic Americans Human Experimentation Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Male Medical ethics multidisciplinary news Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation Patient Selection Research Subjects Science Serotonin - physiology Serotonin Agents - administration & dosage Serotonin Agents - adverse effects Serotonin Agents - pharmacology New York City New York State Psychiatric Institute Empirical Approach Office for Protection from Research Risks Biomedical and Behavioral Research
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ISSN	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI	10.1038/33760

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Summary:	Last week psychiatrists from the New York State Psychiatric Institute, who used fenfluramine in a clinical trial examining aggression in poor, non-white, inner-city boys, defended themselves and those who approved the projects against press criticism.
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ISSN:	0028-0836 1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/33760