Violence against metropolitan bus drivers and fare collectors in Brazil
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Violence against metropolitan bus drivers and fare collectors in Brazil
OBJECTIVE To analyze the correlation between sociodemographic factors and working conditions of bus workers in a metropolitan area and violence against them. METHODS This cross-sectional study used a nonprobabilistic sample estimated according to the number of workers employed in bus companies located in three cities in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region in 2012 (N = 17,470). Face-to-face i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Saúde Pública
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0034-8910
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-8910.2015049005380