de Souza Rocha, Karla Nayalle
de Azevedo, Sérgio Santos
de Oliveira, Juliana Paula Felipe
Bezerra, Maria Augusta Rocha
de Melo, Marcia Almeida
de Medeiros, Gerusa Lígia Delfino
de Souza Oliveira, Kaline Nayanne
da Fonseca Fernandes, Annielle Regina
Fonseca, Mozart Alves
dos Santos Higino, Severino Silvano
Article History
Received: 18 May 2025
Accepted: 24 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Alcides Carneiro University Hospital (HUAC), Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), under Protocol No. 5,839,047, and was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Brazilian National Health Council Resolution No. 466/2012 and with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study. Each participant signed the Informed Consent Form and was assigned an identification code consisting of the abbreviation SLW (slaughterhouse worker) followed by an Arabic numeral indicating their order of participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.