Forensic Science International
Volume 165, Issue 2 , Pages 233-237, 17 January 2007

Demands on scientific studies in different fields of forensic medicine and forensic sciences:

Traffic medicine—Impaired driver: Alcohol, drugs, diseases

  • G. Berghaus

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, Melatengürtel 60-62, 50823 Köln, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 221 4784256; fax: +49 221 4784256.
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  • J.G. Ramaekers

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Psychopharmacology Unit, Brain and Behavior Institute, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Olaf H. Drummer

      Affiliations

    • Adjunct Professor and Head (Scientific Services) at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57-83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia

Received 10 March 2006; received in revised form 13 March 2006; accepted 10 May 2006. published online 22 June 2006.

Abstract 

Since human performance is a key factor in crash causation detailed knowledge of the involvement of alcohol, drugs and diseases is of fundamental interest for road safety. To better understand the effect of these influencing factors it is important to use a combination of witness observations and a range of experimental and epidemiological studies. Epidemiological approaches to research such as road-side-surveys, case-control-studies, culpability analysis, pharmaco-epidemiological studies are usually seen as being able to provide the best answers. This article discusses the relative merits of experimental and epidemiological approaches.

Keywords: Methodology in traffic medicine, Epidemiological methods, Experimental method, Alcohol, Drugs, Diseases

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PII: S0379-0738(06)00324-0

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.022

Forensic Science International
Volume 165, Issue 2 , Pages 233-237, 17 January 2007

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