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Incinerators and Health. Dioxin Exposure Among Residents Living Near Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators. Current State of Knowledge and Protocol for an Exposure Study
For several years now, dioxins—ubiquitous, highly stable pollutants found in the food chain—have been the focus of sustained attention from stakeholders in waste management, the general...
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Surveillance of occupational diseases in Occitanie: Results for the first two weeks of 2024
Occupational diseases (ODs) are defined by law as any illness (or symptom) related to work that has not been recognized as an occupational disease by the social security systems at the...
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Surveillance of occupational diseases in Brittany: results for the first two weeks of 2024
Occupational diseases (ODs) encompass all illnesses that physicians—and occupational physicians in particular—deem to be related to work and that are not covered by the Social Security...
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Report of lung cancer cases among employees of a bus company in Bordeaux, 2004–2005
Background: In June 2004, the Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (CIRE) was contacted by an occupational physician concerned about the high number of cancer cases—particularly lung...
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Estimate of the number of cases of certain cancers attributable to occupational factors in France
There is very little information available to document the role of occupational factors in the onset of diseases among the French population. Although a large number of diseases are...
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Comparison of two Gaussian models of atmospheric dispersion: ADMS and ARIA Impact
This report presents a comparison of two Gaussian atmospheric dispersion models widely used in France to estimate public exposure to emissions from stationary sources of pollutants: ADMS...
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Surveillance of occupational diseases in Nouvelle-Aquitaine: results for the first two weeks of 2024
Occupational diseases (ODs) encompass all illnesses that any physician—and particularly occupational physicians—determine, based on their expertise during a medical examination, to be...
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Surveillance of occupational diseases in the Grand Est region: results for the first half of 2024
Occupational diseases (MCP) are defined as any conditions or symptoms that may be caused or exacerbated by work and that are not recognized as occupational diseases (or work-related...
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Waste Storage and Public Health: Summary and Recommendations
In collaboration with numerous institutional and scientific partners, the InVS coordinated the study titled "Waste Storage and Public Health." The objective was to assess the current...
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Alcohol consumption: Exceeding the low-risk guidelines. Santé publique France Health Barometer: Results of the 2024 edition
In 2024, 22.2% of adults reported drinking above the low-risk consumption guidelines over the past seven days (30.3% of men and 14.6% of women), a proportion that has remained stable...