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Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality in France from 1978 to 2000
The results presented in this report provide estimates of cancer incidence (the frequency of new cases) and mortality in France from 1978 to 2000. They serve as an updated reference to...
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Study of Mercury Exposure Among the Population of Sinnamary
The reservoir created by the Sinnamary Dam is an anoxic environment rich in organic matter, making it conducive to mercury methylation. Bioaccumulation of methylmercury has been observed...
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Organochlorine Insecticides in the Caribbean: Identification of Hazards and Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs). Current State of Knowledge
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Investigation of a cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases. Montpellier, July–August 2003
Between July 31 and August 5, 2003, 12 cases of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 were reported to the Hérault Departmental Directorate of Health and...
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The 2003 SARS outbreak in France. Report on the epidemiological management of SARS by the InVS
The SARS pandemic, which emerged in Asia in 2003, spread rapidly to thirty countries before subsiding within three months, thanks to drastic prevention and control measures. In France,...
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Outbreak of Cryptosporidium gastroenteritis. Dracy-le-Fort, Saône-et-Loire (71), September 2001
On September 20, 2001, the Saône-et-Loire Departmental Directorate for Social Affairs (DDASS) was alerted by a call from SOS Médecin in Chalon-sur-Saône regarding a suspected case of...
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Toxic risks associated with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls. Study of the fire at the Vénizel paper mill. Response procedures, medical monitoring system, risk assessment
During the night of June 18, 2001, a fire broke out at a paper mill in the Aisne department, which housed electrical transformers containing pyralene. Since rescue workers and the...
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Health consequences of the explosion at the AZF factory in Toulouse on September 21, 2001. Consequences of environmental exposure
The explosion that occurred in Toulouse on September 21, 2001, at the AZF site is one of the most significant industrial accidents of recent decades, due to the force of the blast and...
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Analysis of the occurrence of two cases of leukemia in Vauhallan (Essonne). Investigation report
In May 2002, a general practitioner in the town of Vauhallan (Essonne) reported to the DDASS the occurrence of two cases of leukemia, three months apart, in two children of the same age...
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Epidemiological surveillance of the Rouen Armada. June 28–July 6, 2003
The tall ship gathering known as "Les Voiles de la liberté" was first held in 1989 to mark the bicentennial of the Revolution. The event, which took place in the commercial port of Rouen...
