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Frailty and multimorbidity: Can large-scale French population surveys be used to produce these indicators? Analysis of data from the 2012 ESPS and the 2008 HSM.
Introduction: In France, epidemiological surveillance of frailty and multimorbidity is not yet operational. The main objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of using...
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Frailty and Medication Use in the Elderly Population.
Introduction: The term “frailty” is used in geriatrics to describe the clinical consequences of the decline in a multitude of physiological functions during aging; the cumulative effect...
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Residents admitted to nursing homes during the first quarter of 2013: conditions treated, treatments received, and hospitalizations in the following year.
Objectives: To characterize, based on healthcare utilization, the health status in 2013 of individuals in the year following admission to nursing homes for the elderly (Ehpad), as well...
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Editorial. Thyroid Cancer and Nuclear Accidents: Where Do We Stand 30 Years After Chernobyl and 5 Years After Fukushima?
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Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer 30 Years After the Chernobyl Accident: Incidence, Risk Factors, and the Impact of Diagnostic Practices.
Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, this article reviews the current epidemiological evidence regarding thyroid cancer. The incidence of this cancer has risen...
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A descriptive analysis of thyroid cancer incidence based on data from cancer registries for the period 1982–2012 in France.
Introduction: The incidence of thyroid cancer has risen sharply in many countries over the past few decades. This increase is primarily driven by papillary thyroid cancers. Changes in...
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Departmental estimates of thyroid cancer incidence based on registry data and the linkage of two sources of medical and administrative data, France, 2007–2011.
Objectives: In France, cancer registries cover 20% of the population. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence of thyroid cancer over the 2007–2011 period across all...
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Editorial. Intimate Partner Violence and Public Health: A Successful Partnership, Twenty Years After the Beijing Conference?
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Epidemiology of domestic violence in France and Western countries.
Introduction: Beginning in the 1990s, the World Health Organization incorporated domestic violence into public health, thereby removing it from the exclusive purview of law enforcement...
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Epidemiology of Leprosy in New Caledonia from 1983 to 2017
New Caledonia (NC) is a French overseas collectivity in the Asia-Pacific region where leprosy is still present. Epidemiological surveillance of cases reported from 1983 to 2017 recorded...
