Cycling to work in Brazil: Users profile, risk behaviors, and traffic accident occurrence

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1025-1030

  Bacchieri, Giancarlo ^a,b   Barros, Aluísio J D ^a   Dos Santos, Janaína V ^a   Gigante, Denise P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica de Pelotas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Cyclists; Risk behavior; Safety equipments; Traffic accidents; Workers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT REDUCTION; AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; HIGH-SPEED; POISSON REGRESSION; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; ROAD TRAFFIC; SAFETY EQUIPMENTS; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; URBAN AREAS;

BICYCLES; EQUIPMENT; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SPORTING GOODS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HELMET; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BICYCLING; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955332632     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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