Citation

Berghaus G, Ramaekers JG, Drummer OH. Forensic Sci. Int. 2007; 165(2-3): 233-237.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, Melatengürtel 60-62, 50823 Köln, Germany. guenter.berghaus@uk-koeln.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.022

PMID

16793231

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.

Language: en