Alcohol industry involvement in science: A systematic review of the perspectives of the alcohol research community.

ABSTRACT:

Issues

Alcohol companies have recently invested large sums of money in answering research questions to which they have clear vested interests in the outcomes. There have been extensive concerns about corporate influence on public health sciences, following the experience with the tobacco industry.

Approach

This systematic review aims to investigate the perspectives of researchers on the activities of alcohol industry actors in relation to science, in order to guide future research. All data published in peer-reviewed journals (including commentaries, opinion pieces, editorials and letters as well as research reports) were eligible for inclusion. This analysis focuses on the manifest rather than latent content of the articulated views, and accordingly adopts a thematic analys

SUBMITTER: McCambridge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6055701 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature