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In the centre of reflection on paediatric epidemiology, the most vulnerable set of people are the persons used for test, that is, the probands. Children are at particular risk of having their rights breached owing to their inability to express their consent, and because of their position within family structures and social structures outside the family. This can be shown with a historical example through the experiments carried out between 1947 and 1971 on children of various ages in youth care homes. On the basis of ethical guidelines and national and international agreements on research ethics, effective epidemiological research not only in the ethical, but also in the scientific sense, should be the aspiration. The realization of knowledge in epidemiology within the framework of public health raises the question – particularly with regard to research on children – as to what extent epidemiologists themselves are responsible for how the public receive their scientific knowledge. Here, there is a need for an ethically conscious theoretical foundation and anchoring of epidemiology between health research and health care.

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