Assessment of the respiratory function of farmers exposed to pesticides in the municipality of Quilombo (state of Santa Catarina, Brazil): relationship between health and occupational protection.
Helber Luiz BombardelliMariana RossettoIndiamara de Oliveira Flores Dal Magro SilvaniVinícius José de OliveiraCléber Luis BombardelliCésar Augusto França-AbrahãoPublished in: Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT (2021)
The damage to expiratory function observed in the evaluated sample presents, as a main factor, the lack of personal protective equipment use; therefore, education and health strategies are needed to instrumentalize these workers and reduce the development of occupational risks.