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Report of the InVS/Afsse Task Force on Poison Control Centers and Pharmacovigilance Centers. Proposals for the Organization of Pharmacovigilance. September 2003
Decrees No. 96-833 of September 17, 1996 (on the missions and resources of Poison Control Centers) and No. 99-841 of September 28, 1999 (on the organization of toxicovigilance) failed to...
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic. Estimating the impact of an influenza pandemic and analyzing strategies
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic. Estimating the weekly number of hospital admissions and hospital days during an influenza pandemic
As part of the effort to combat influenza pandemics, we conducted an initial study to estimate the epidemiological impact that an influenza pandemic might have in terms of expected...
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Assessment of the completeness of mandatory tuberculosis reporting in Limousin
National surveillance of tuberculosis cases is based on the mandatory reporting system (MR). In 1992–1993, an estimate of the completeness of mandatory reporting for this disease was...
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic
At the request of the Ministry of Health, we estimated the number of health events (cases, hospitalizations, and deaths) expected during an influenza pandemic and compared the impact and...
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Assessment of the health impacts of urban air pollution. The Angoulême, Niort, and Poitiers metropolitan areas. Short- and long-term impacts
The assessment of the health impacts of air pollution on the urban areas of Angoulême, Poitiers, and Niort presented in this report is fully in line with the guidelines of the...
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Estimation of the number of HIV diagnoses among children using the capture-recapture method, mainland France, 2003–2006
This study proposes to use the capture-recapture method to estimate the number of new HIV diagnoses among children in mainland France during the 2003–2006 period. Three data sources were...
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Epidemiological Surveillance of Drowning. NOYADES 2009 Survey, June 1–September 30, 2009. Summary of Results
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Health Impact of Chlordecone Use in the French West Indies. Recommendations for Research and Public Health Initiatives. Summary. October 2009. Document submitted for consultation
Martinique and Guadeloupe continue to suffer from environmental pollution caused by chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide used in banana plantations from 1973 to 1993. The...
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Estimation of vaccination coverage in the private sector based on a sample of general practitioners’ patients in France, 2004–2009
Currently, vaccination coverage among young children is estimated based on 24-month health certificates. While this data source provides satisfactory estimates, it remains slow to...
