Complexity and conflicts of interest statements: A casestudy of emails exchanged between Coca-Cola and the principal investigators of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE)

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 49-56

  Stuckler, David ^a   Ruskin, Gary ^b   McKee, Martin ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b US Right to Know   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Competing interest; Conflict of interest; Public health; Soft drinks

Indexed keywords

CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; E-MAIL; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 85035103973     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-017-0095-7     Document Type: Review

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