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Surveillance of Syphilis in Metropolitan France, 2000–2003
In July 2000, an amendment to the Public Health Code lifted the requirement to report sexually transmitted diseases (Ordinance 2000-548 of June 15, 2000). In late November 2000, a...
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Assessment of the short- and long-term health impacts of air pollution in Aquitaine. The urban areas of Agen, Bayonne, Bordeaux, Pau, and Périgueux
In France, air quality management is governed by the Law on Air Quality and the Rational Use of Energy of December 30, 1996. It requires each region to establish a Regional Air Quality...
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Factors Influencing Participation in Organized Breast Cancer Screening: The FADO-sein Study
In France, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women; in 2000, it accounted for 35.7% of all new cancer cases and 20.2% of cancer deaths among women. The organized breast...
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Organized cervical cancer screening. Epidemiological evaluation of the four "pilot" departments
To date, there is no national organized cervical cancer screening program in France. Since 1990, four departments—Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Isère, and Martinique—have organized screening for...
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Recommendations for the implementation of a dashboard for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections at each French healthcare facility. Report by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance in response to the request of March 21, 2003, fr
The Minister of Health, Mr. Jean-François MATTEI, referred the matter to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) in March 2003 (Appendix 1) to establish indicators for...
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Epidemiological Surveillance of Influenza in France: Strengthening Surveillance Systems. Review of the 2004–2005 Flu Season
Community-based influenza surveillance has been conducted in France for many years by the Sentinelles and GROG networks. The National Reference Centers for Influenza Viruses are...
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Pleural Mesothelioma: High-Risk Occupations and Industries Among Men. Based on data from the National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM)
At least 80% of mesothelioma cases in industrialized countries are caused by occupational exposure to asbestos. Since the first cases were observed in the asbestos mining and processing...
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Campylobacter Infections in France: Surveillance Report from the Network of Private and Hospital Laboratories (2001–2003)
The frequency of Campylobacter infections in humans, their potential severity, and the availability of preventive measures justify surveillance. In France, a surveillance system for...
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Clusters of hepatitis A cases in several municipalities in the Landes department. July–October 2004
In late September 2004, a general practitioner in southwestern France reported several cases of hepatitis A that had occurred since July 1 in several neighboring municipalities, all of...
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Surveillance of tularemia in humans in France: description of cases reported in 2003 and 2004 and recommendations for the investigation of sporadic and clustered cases
Tularemia has been listed as a notifiable disease since October 2002. The objective of mandatory reporting is to monitor trends in incidence, describe the clinical and epidemiological...
