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Mercury Exposure Among the Wayana Indigenous People of French Guiana: A Dietary Study
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Assessment of the Health Impact of Urban Air Pollution in Six Urban Areas of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, 2004–2006
The existence of both short- and long-term relationships between air pollution levels and various health indicators (mortality, hospitalizations, emergency room visits, etc.) has now...
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Assessment of Exposure to Soil Contaminated with Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic in Aveyron. The Cassiopée Study (Cadmium and Arsenic in Soil: Observed Impact on an Exposed Population) – October 2008
On September 8, 2011, in Viviez (Aveyron), the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance released the final results of an assessment of the health impacts of residents’ exposure to...
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Fire at the SBM Formulation plant in Béziers. Assessment of the immediate health impact of inhalation exposure
On Monday, June 27, 2005, around 3:00 a.m., a fire broke out in a building at the SBM Formulation plant in Béziers. The plant formulates, packages, and stores plant protection products....
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Radon in Corsica: Assessment of Exposure and Associated Risks
The objective of this study is to estimate the number of lung cancer deaths attributable to radon in Corsica. The characterization of exposure is based on a residential measurement...
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Quantitative assessment of health risks associated with the application of pesticides used to control the European corn borer. Feasibility study. Adour Valley. Gers and Hautes-Pyrénées departments
In October 2002, the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Health Agency was contacted by two local health departments following public concerns regarding the aerial application of pesticides on sweet...
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Assessment of the Health Impacts of Urban Air Pollution: The Orleans and Tours Metropolitan Areas. Short- and Long-Term Impacts
The assessment of the health impacts of air pollution on the urban areas of Orléans and Tours presented in this report is fully in line with the guidelines of the Regional Air Quality...
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Cluster of acute respiratory infections. Faulx Nursing Home - Meurthe-et-Moselle - February–March 2005
On March 3, 2005, the Lorraine Regional Health Directorate (DRASS) alerted the Eastern Regional Health Agency (CIRE) to 11 deaths at a nursing home. Four residents tested positive for...
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Cluster of tularemia cases. Vendée, August 2004
In August 2004, 15 cases of tularemia occurred following a visit to a mill in the Vendée region. A site visit to the mill and three studies—descriptive, retrospective cohort, and...
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Health Impacts of Air Pollution in the Clermont-Ferrand Metropolitan Area
The health impact assessment (HIA) of air pollution in the Clermont-Ferrand metropolitan area is part of the Auvergne Region’s Regional Air Quality Plan (PRQA), which sets out guidelines...
