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Breast cancer screening: What do we know today about the expected benefits?
This document follows a series of articles published in several French newspapers and journals during the first half of 2006 that questioned the benefits of breast cancer screening. The...
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Health Impacts of Air Pollution in the Grenoble Metropolitan Area
The health impact assessment (HIA) of urban air pollution in the Grenoble metropolitan area is part of the development of the Air Quality Protection Plan (AQPP), whose objective is to...
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Breast Cancer Screening. Evaluation Report on Epidemiological Monitoring. 2003 Data. Working Paper
The breast cancer screening program was rolled out nationwide in 2003–2004. The results of this new protocol are presented for the year 2003. The participation rate in 2003 was 33% (81...
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Syphilis Surveillance in France, 2000–2005
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Description of cases of childhood lead poisoning occurring in 2005. Technical Note
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Q Fever Outbreak in the Chamonix Valley (Haute-Savoie). June–September 2002
In mid-July 2002, the Haute-Savoie Departmental Health and Social Affairs Directorate (Ddass) received a report of acute flu-like symptoms occurring in the Chamonix Valley. A descriptive...
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Evaluation of the Heat Wave and Health System (SACS) for the Summer of 2004
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Occupational exposure to HIV, HCV, and HBV among healthcare workers in France. Data as of December 31, 2005
Surveillance of occupational infections among healthcare workers in France has been in place for HIV since 1991, for HCV since 1997, and for HBV since 2005, with the aim of helping to...
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Hygiene Practices and HCV Screening in Hemodialysis. A Questionnaire Survey
Following an investigation into an outbreak of 22 cases of HCV infection that occurred at a hemodialysis center in southern France in 2001, the Minister of Health asked the French...
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2006 Heat Wave and Health Alert System. (Sacs 2006). Operational Report
The purpose of this report is to present the 2006 version of the heat wave and health alert system. The basis of this system remains the same as that used during its first summer of...
