When it comes to the epidemiological surveillance of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), the variety of definitions and methods used to track them makes it difficult to...

The "Workplace Epidemiology" component of the Samotrace project aims to describe mental health in the workplace using various indicators. It relies on the voluntary participation of...

In September 2002, teachers at the Joliot Curie school complex (Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis) expressed concern about the occurrence, within the school, of cancers and thyroid...

In response to the consequences of the exceptional heat wave of 2003, the National Heat Wave Plan (PNC) was developed in 2004. Updated in June 2005, this plan establishes an alert and...

French Guiana, like the rest of the Amazon region, has long been considered a low-risk area for Chagas disease, with forest-dwelling vectors and a wild animal reservoir. Changes in the...

Introduction - In 2005, the number of Legionnaires' disease cases rose sharply in the Alpes-Maritimes department, with 74 cases reported and an incidence rate of 7.42 cases per 100,000...

The Club Méditerranée resort in Serre Chevalier welcomes many guests, including children aged 4 months to 4 years (Baby Club), with a high turnover rate (1,100 people per week). During...

In December 2008, a patient who had undergone surgery for kidney cancer reported, in a letter addressed to the Minister of Health, about a dozen similar cases at the Lavéra petrochemical...

In Mortagne-du-Nord, in the Nord department, there was once a zinc smelter, a sulfuric acid plant, and a lead smelter. Although the last of these plants has been closed since 1968, heavy...