This research adhered to the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour/Animal Behavior Society Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research, the legal requirements of the country (UK) in which the work was carried out and all institutional guidelines.
This research adhered to the requirements of the Canadian Council of Animal Care for the use of Animals in Research, which follows international guidelines, the legal requirements of Canada and institutional guidelines at the University of Toronto.
Permission was granted by the Institutional Review Board for this research, and this research adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
The research adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was in accordance with all local, state, and federal regulations, including HIPAA.
The research adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam.
All study participants gave written informed consent to participate in this study, and this research adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Moreover, just less than half of UK journals (like Italian journals) requested manuscripts to indicate that research adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki, despite the fact that most journals in both groups publish research on humans.
The research adhered to the conditions of Permit #00356/KK/2008/AOPK for CZ, certificate of competency per Law No. 114/1992; for SK we employed Licence #2598/715/03-5.1pil, 5376/2009-2.1/jam, from the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, certificate of competency per Law No. 543/2002.
For journals publishing human research, similar low numbers required that manuscripts state that research adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki: 9 Italian journals referred to outdated versions (1983 or earlier) and only 1 Italian and 6 UK journals referred or linked to the current version.
This research adhered to the Principles of Laboratory Animal Care.
