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Health Impact of the 2006 Summer Heat Wave in the Workplace: Results of a Questionnaire Survey Conducted by Occupational Health Services
Following the 2003 heat wave, the Occupational Health Inspectorate and the InVS organized a real-time collection of heat-related health incidents in the workplace in 2006. This...
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Food advertising targeting children and adolescents. Media channels used, advertising budgets and strategies, foods promoted, impact on children’s food preferences and purchase requests, and parents’ perceptions of regulations.
The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents is increasing worldwide. While in some countries, such as France, a trend toward stabilization of this trend has...
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The Matphyto Program: Crop-exposure matrices for plant protection products. Example of crop-exposure matrices for arsenic-based pesticides
The Occupational Health Department of the InVS has established and coordinates a program to develop crop-exposure matrices tailored to the agricultural population in France: the Matphyto...
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Technical information on occupational exposure to arsenic-based pesticides. Matrix of crops and exposure to arsenic-based pesticides
The Department of Occupational Health (DST) at the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) has established and coordinates a program to develop exposure-occupational...
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2014 Overseas Departments Health Barometer: Hepatitis B and C
This chapter examines how well-informed people in the overseas departments and regions (DROM) are about viral hepatitis B and C, as well as their use of screening tests for these...
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Study on Human Brucellosis in Metropolitan France, 2002–2004
Background: Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease subject to mandatory reporting in public health and to animal health control measures based on culling and vaccination. Efforts to control...
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Initial final results of the 2006 drowning survey. June 1–September 30, 2006
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C in France in 2004. December 2006
Background: In France, the first prevalence survey of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was conducted in 1994. Regarding the hepatitis B virus (HBV), prevalence studies of markers for...
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Free, anonymous HIV testing. Profile of CDAG clients in 2004. Cross-sectional epidemiological survey
Introduction Anonymous and free HIV testing clinics (CDAG), due to their accessibility and widespread distribution throughout France, offer the easiest way to get tested, particularly...
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Outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to contamination of the drinking water distribution system in the municipality of Divonne-les-Bains, Ain (01). August–September 2003
In early September 2003, following reports to health authorities of an increase in cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in a municipality in the Ain department, and of an anomaly in the...
