Case-control studies

The case-control design is very suitable when dealing with rare diseases and when many factors for the disease under study need to be evaluated, as is the case in determining the risk of driving under the influence of drugs. However, the methodology is hard to implement and there are many sources of potential bias that could affect the validity of the study results. Case-control studies are therefore not commonly used as a method to assess the risk of driving under the influence of psychoactive substances other than alcohol.

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