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

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.

Plasma and erythrocyte magnesium levels: from validation of the method to analysis in volunteers diagnosed to migraine.

Deficiency of serum magnesium is associated with the incidence of migraine attacks. The present study aimed to evaluate plasma and erythrocyte magnesium levels in a group of patients diagnosed with migraine. Human donors were selected from basic health units (migraine, n = 25) and from a collection and transfusion unit (control, n = 25), both located in the city of Sinop, Brazil.