Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) are synthetic chemicals used in a wide range of industrial products and everyday consumer goods. Widely present in the environment, persistent, and...

Phthalates are chemicals found in many everyday consumer products (food packaging, toys, vinyl flooring, cosmetics, household cleaning products, paints, etc.). Diet is estimated to...

Background: We present an analysis of the short-term associations between exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) in ambient air and mortality by cause, age group, and season across 18...

Glycol ethers constitute a group of oxygenated solvents comprising more than eighty compounds, about thirty of which are commonly available on the global market. These solvents have...

In 2011, according to the Elfe study, 27.6% of women reported drinking alcohol before they knew they were pregnant, and 21.2% reported drinking after learning of their pregnancy....

While occupational exposure to asbestos accounts for 75% to 92% of pleural mesothelioma cases in men, many questions remain regarding exposure factors in women, young men, and...

Key points: Between 2006 and 2013, 3,207 children were diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) during their hospital stay in the neonatal period, representing 0.48 cases...

Introduction: There is still limited information available in France to assess the burden of parkinsonian syndromes (PS), of which Parkinson’s disease is the most common cause, in...

Objectives: In France, data on the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease (PD) typically pertain only to specific geographic areas or populations. The objective of this report is to...

The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) and, subsequently, Santé publique France, as part of their mandate—to monitor the health of the population and its...