Motorcycle couriers from the city of Porto Alegre: living together with traffic accident risks

This paper aim at investigating how motorcycle couriers see the risk of traffic accident in their daily work in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. The study was based on sociological theories about “risk”, especially those that emphasize the social and cultural character of their meanings 1 2. In thi...

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Main Author: Andréa Márian Veronese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2006-08-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/314