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Air and Health Monitoring Program: 9 Cities. Monitoring of health effects associated with urban air pollution. Phase II. Literature Review
In March 1999, the InVS published the initial results of the Air & Health Surveillance Program – 9 Cities (PSAS-9). This first phase demonstrated the feasibility of bringing together...
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Measuring Vaccination Coverage in France: An Overview of Tools and Methods in the Year 2000
Monitoring vaccination coverage is a key component of evaluating a vaccination program. At the initiative of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, a steering committee...
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Air and Health Monitoring Program. 9 cities. Monitoring of health effects associated with air pollution in urban areas. Phase II
In March 1999, the InVS published the initial results of the Air & Health Surveillance Program – 9 Cities (PSAS-9). This first phase demonstrated the feasibility of bringing together...
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Screening for Childhood Lead Poisoning Near Industrial Sources of Lead. An Analysis of the Relevance of Implementing Screening: From Environmental Diagnosis to Exposure Estimation. Volume 1
Children are particularly susceptible to lead poisoning. Several environmental sources can contribute to their exposure. Since 1985, the degradation of paints used in homes until 1948...
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Ciguatera food poisoning: how to recognize it even if the patient hasn’t traveled
On August 29, 2001, the Department of Infectious Diseases at the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) was notified by a physician at a Parisian hospital of an...
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An outbreak of hepatitis A among gay men in Paris in 2000
The introduction of the hepatitis A virus into a population of non-immune young adults, whose sexual practices facilitate fecal-oral transmission of the virus, represents a situation...
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Resurgence of syphilis in France, 2000–2001.
Since the early 1940s, syphilis had been a reportable disease. However, for many years, doctors had stopped reporting cases of syphilis. Consequently, in July 2000, an amendment to the...
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Clusters of pediatric hemolytic-uremic syndrome, Finistère department, 1993–2000
In France, a surveillance system for pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in children under the age of 15 was established in 1996 following a study covering the years 1993–1995....
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The resurgence of syphilis in France: yet another reason to step up prevention efforts.
Shortly after the requirement to report venereal diseases to health authorities was lifted, several venereal disease clinics (DAVs) and clinicians specializing in the management of...
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Managing Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facilities: A Survey of the Situation in the Northern Interregional Area
Legionella, a waterborne bacterium, is one of the causative agents of nosocomial pneumonia. Results from mandatory reporting show that 17% of Legionnaires' disease cases in 1999 had...
