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Health Risk Assessment of Drinking Water Chlorination Byproducts. Part 1 - Hazard Characterization: Health Effects and Toxicological Reference Values
The quality of water intended for human consumption is strictly regulated in Europe: no fewer than 67 microbiological and physicochemical parameters are covered by the European Drinking...
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A Study of Overweight, Obesity, and Factors Associated with Overweight Among Sixth-Grade Students Attending Public Middle Schools in the Haute-Savoie Department. September 2003
In France, as in all industrialized countries, the prevalence of overweight and obesity continues to rise among adults, children, and adolescents alike. Childhood overweight and obesity...
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Overweight and Obesity Among Children Aged 7 to 9. France, 2000
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is on the rise among children worldwide, leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to describe it as a full-blown epidemic. Until recently,...
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Analysis of antibiotic use based on the 2001 national prevalence survey
In 2001, the National Prevalence Survey provided a nationwide overview of the use of antibiotics for curative or prophylactic purposes among all hospitalized patients on a "given day";...
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Gastroenteritis Outbreak in Isère. November 2002
On November 19, 2002, the Isère Departmental Health and Social Services (DDASS) was alerted to a high number of cases of gastroenteritis in the municipalities of Apprieu, Colombre,...
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Microbiological Quality Criteria for Bathing Water: Risk Assessment in Preparation for the Revision of European Standards. January 2001
As the European Union revises the 1975 directive establishing standards for bathing waters, the Ministry of Health seeks to identify the most relevant microbiological parameters for...
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Recommendations for the Establishment of a National Epidemiological Surveillance System for Thyroid Cancers. Report and Summary of the Report, October 2002
At the request of the Directorate General for Health, a multidisciplinary commission on thyroid cancer, coordinated by the InVS, analyzed the observed increase in the incidence of...
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An epidemiological study of short-term health problems among individuals who participated in the cleanup of sites contaminated by oil from the Erika
On December 12, 1999, the oil tanker ERIKA, carrying 28,000 tons of petroleum products, sank off the coast of Brittany. The fuel oil that leaked from the tanks drifted at sea until...
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Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections in France in 1999 and 2000: Results
Since the early 1990s, the five coordination centers for the control of nosocomial infections (C.CLIN) have established interregional surveillance networks for surgical site infections...
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Rise in Risk-Taking Behavior and STDs Among Gay Men: Preliminary Results of the 2000 Gay Press Survey
Conducted among 4,753 respondents, the 2000 Gay Press Survey aimed to assess the state of HIV prevention among gay men living in France. Although most respondents continue to practice...
