title: [Workers' health: an overview and challenges]
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 04039-032, Brasil.
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Lacaz