Random and systematic errors in case-control studies calculating the injury risk of driving under the influence of psychoactive substances

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 144-153

  Houwing, Sjoerd ^a   Hagenzieker, Marjan ^a   Mathijssen, René P M ^a   Legrand, Sara Ann ^b   Verstraete, Alain G ^b   Hels, Tove ^c   Bernhoft, Inger Marie ^c   Simonsen, Kirsten Wiese ^d   Lillsunde, Pirjo ^e   Favretto, Donata ^f   Ferrara, Santo D ^f   Caplinskiene, Marija ^g   Movig, Kris L L ^h   Brookhuis, Karel A ⁱ  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^h MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control studies; Drugs; Errors; Psychoactive substances

Indexed keywords

CAR CRASHES; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CELL COUNT; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; DRUGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; INJURY RISK; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIOS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; RELATIVE RISKS; SELECTION BIAS; SERIOUS INJURIES; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS; ALCOHOLS; ERRORS;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION BIAS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872382625     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.034     Document Type: Article

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