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Workers' health: an overview and challenges

This article provides an overview of workers' health services in Brazil, the context of their emergence, their main guidelines as a social policy since 1980, and their development, identifying some difficulties for their implementation. In addition, the study points to some challenges for institutions and society as a whole in overcoming the crisis in this field.

Work; Public Policy; Worker's Health


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