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Outbreak of gastroenteritis, Isère, November 2002
On November 19, 2002, the Isère Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) was alerted to a high number of cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in four neighboring...
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International Classification of Diseases: Reference Lists for the Analysis of Causes of Death from Trauma in France
Introduction - The objectives of this study are to provide a list of codes from the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) that can be used to describe...
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Survey to Assess the Availability of Iodine Tablets to Residents Living Near the Bugey Nuclear Power Plant, September 1998
Fission products from nuclear reactors are released into the environment in gaseous form. Radioactive iodine isotopes can be inhaled and accumulate in the thyroid gland, potentially...
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National Survey on the Diagnosis of Enteropathogenic Yersinia Infections in Metropolitan France in 2003
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance and the National Reference Center for Yersinia conducted a mail survey of a random sample of French medical analysis laboratories...
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Mortality from accidents in daily life in mainland France, 2000–2006
Introduction - The objective of this study is to measure and characterize deaths from everyday accidents in France from 2000 to 2006. Methods - The results were derived from the...
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Reporting bias regarding weight and height among adults in France. Effects on estimates of the prevalence of overweight and obesity
Introduction - Our objective was to estimate the discrepancies between self-reported and measured anthropometric data in a national sample of adults and to assess the implications for...
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Prevalence of obesity and associated factors among 5- to 6-year-old children in Haute-Savoie, France
Childhood obesity rose sharply in the 1990s. The routine school-based medical and developmental screening of 5- to 6-year-olds provides an opportunity to study its prevalence. This...
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Conditions and life events associated with overweight in adults: a gender-specific analysis of data from the SIRS cohort, Greater Paris, 2005
Introduction - The objective of this study, based on the first wave of the Health, Inequalities, and Social Disruptions (SIRS) cohort, is to estimate the association between certain...
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Epidemiology of Infectious Spondylodiscitis in France: Data from the Medical Information Systems Program (PMSI), 2002–2003
Objectives: Infectious spondylodiscitis is a rare condition treated in a hospital setting. To estimate its incidence in France, we used the 2002–2003 Medical Information Systems...
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Comparison of Cancer Mortality Rates in the French West Indies and Metropolitan France, 1983–2002
Introduction - The objective of this study is to present observed data on cancer deaths in the French West Indies and their trends between 1983 and 2002, in comparison with the...
