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. 2023 Oct 1;65(10):e660-e667.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002937. Epub 2023 Jul 31.

Occupational Evaluation of Federal Highway Police Officers Exposed to Cholinesterase Inhibiting Insecticides

Juliandra Spagnol Bonache  1 , Bruna Francisquete Costa, Marcio Tadashi Hoshino, Larissa Ludwig, Marcos Aurélio Barboza de Oliveira, Guilherme Luz Emerick
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Occupational Evaluation of Federal Highway Police Officers Exposed to Cholinesterase Inhibiting Insecticides

Juliandra Spagnol Bonache et al. J Occup Environ Med. .

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of occupational exposure of federal highway police (PRF) officers to cholinesterase-inhibiting insecticides.

Methods: We evaluate erythrocyte and plasma cholinesterase activity, pulse rate, systolic and diastolic pressure, and clinical evaluation through the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fifth Edition .

Results: All PRF officers evaluated were male, between 22 and 49 years of age. Pulse rate of the subjects were statistically superior in the post-exposure moment when compared with pre-exposure moment. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase was significant in the post-exposure moment when compared with pre-exposure moment.

Conclusions: The results of the present work show that there are significant biochemical changes, which can be the beginning of serious deleterious effects to the health of PRF officers.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None declared.

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