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The Benefits of Restricting the Use of Lead in Certain Consumer Products. Technical Note
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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities in France. BMR-Raisin Network. 2005 Results
Controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in healthcare facilities is a priority of the national program to combat healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Since...
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Epidemiological surveillance of occupational asthma: a pilot study conducted with the National Observatory on Occupational Asthma (ONAP)
Occupational asthma is one of the most common work-related respiratory diseases in industrialized countries. The National Observatory on Occupational Asthma (ONAP) was established in...
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Vaccination coverage among children and adolescents in France: results of school-based surveys conducted from 2001 to 2004
In 2000, a three-year cycle of school-based surveys was launched in France with the aim of estimating indicators for monitoring children’s health, including vaccination coverage. The...
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Cluster of pertussis cases in a nursing home in Gironde. July 2006
Alert On June 30, 2006, the director of a nursing home in Gironde notified the Gironde Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) of two confirmed cases of pertussis...
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Tuberculosis in Detention Centers in the Île-de-France Region. Prospective Study, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006
Given the high rate of tuberculosis in the Île-de-France region and the lack of recent epidemiological data on this disease in prisons, the Interregional Epidemiology Unit conducted a...
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Post-occupational Surveillance Program for Tradespeople Exposed to Asbestos (Espri). Interim Report on the Pilot Phase. September 2005–February 2007
In France, between 11,000 and 23,000 of the 280,000 new cancer cases diagnosed each year are believed to be caused by occupational carcinogens. Although these cancers most often develop...
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Network for the Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (RAISIN). 2001 National Prevalence Survey. Results
A first national prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) was conducted in 830 healthcare facilities in 1996; the prevalence rate (PR) of HAIs was 7.6%. The objective...
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Outbreak of foodborne illness caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O148:H8. Gironde, June 2002: Investigation Report
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) were recognized as human pathogens in the United States in 1982, following two outbreaks of bloody diarrhea linked to the consumption of...
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Monitoring Program. Air and Health. (PSAS-9). Estimating the long-term effects of urban air pollution on mortality: what criteria should be used to select a cohort?
One of the missions of the Air and Health Surveillance Program (PSAS-9) of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) is to develop and update exposure-risk models in the...
