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Financial Conflicts of Interest and Study Results in Environmental and Occupational Health Research



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  • Description:
    Objectives: To date, there is no comprehensive analysis of the relationship between financial conflict of interest (COI) and a potential publication bias in environmental and occupational health studies. Methods: We analyzed original research articles published in 2012 in 17 peer-reviewed journals. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression models were developed to evaluate the relationship between financial COI and the study outcome. Results: Of the 373 studies included in the analysis, 17.2% had a financial COI associated with organizations involved with the processing, use, or disposal of industrial and commercial products, and studies with this type of COI were more likely to report negative results (Adjusted Odds Ratio = 4.31), as were studies with any COI associated with the military (employment or funding; Adjusted Odds Ratio = 9.15). Conclusions: Our findings show a clear relationship between direction of reported findings and specific types of financial COI. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    1076-2752
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    10 pdf pages
  • Volume:
    58
  • Issue:
    3
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20067532
  • Citation:
    J Occup Environ Med 2016 Mar; 58(2):238-247
  • Contact Point Address:
    Lee Friedman, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Division of Environmental and Occupational Sciences, 2121 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612
  • Email:
    lfried1@uic.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2016
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20150701
  • Source Full Name:
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • End Date:
    20260630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:7b5497c9e8fb0efe28c83c45faa684134eafc1cd6238090db0575ec27973c689e6abb8eeb19bf65323cac178cb116daf1f7a5e8565b49503d145f28ef9380e71
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