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Commented analysis. Preterm births: interaction between traffic-related air pollution and local macroeconomic data in Los Angeles County. Special issue. Air pollution, socioeconomic status, and health
This article is a commentary on the following study: Ponce NA, Hoggatt KJ, Wilhelm M, and Ritz B. Preterm birth: the interaction of traffic-related air pollution with economic hardship...
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Commented analysis. Associations between income, air pollution, and mortality: a cohort study. Special issue. Air pollution, socioeconomic status, and health
This article is a commentary on the following study: Finkelstein MM, Jerrett M, De Luca P; Finkelstein N, Verma DK, Chapman K, Sears MR. Relationship between income, air pollution, and...
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Commented analysis. Do socioeconomic characteristics alter the short-term association between air pollution and mortality? Findings from a neighborhood-level time series in Hamilton, Canada. Special issue. Air pollution, socioeconomic status, and health
This article is a commentary on the following study: Jerrett M, Burnett RT, Brook J, Kanaroglou P, Giovis C, Finkelstein N, and Hutchison B. Do socioeconomic characteristics modify the...
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Carbon Monoxide Poisonings in the Île-de-France Region in 2005. Epidemiological Assessment of the First Year of the New National Surveillance System
Background: Carbon monoxide (CO) is the leading cause of death from poisoning, but the true extent of this public health problem remains poorly understood at the national level. Given...
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Investigations into Cases of Neuromeningeal Listeriosis: A Review of 17 Months of Operations (August 2001–December 2002)
Surveillance of listeriosis in France is carried out through mandatory reporting (DO) and the National Reference Center (CNR) for Listeria. Each reported case is interviewed using a...
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Lead poisoning in children: A New Approach to Monitoring
The authors point out that even low levels of lead exposure can affect a child’s psychomotor development. Young children are particularly at risk because they ingest lead more...
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Socio-medical trajectories of people from sub-Saharan Africa living with HIV who received care in hospitals in the Île-de-France region, 2002
The incidence of AIDS declined significantly in France starting in 1996, and then at a slower rate thereafter, thanks to new treatment strategies. This decline was less pronounced...
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Cases of tuberculosis reported in France in 2002
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Surveillance of Syphilis in Metropolitan France, 2000–2002
Although syphilis has been a reportable disease since the 1940s, it was rarely reported by physicians. An amendment to the Public Health Code lifted the requirement to report sexually...
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Rubella in Pregnant Women and Newborns in Metropolitan France in 2002: Data from the Rénarub Network
The Rénarub network is the primary source of information on the epidemiological situation of rubella in France. It brings together clinical laboratories that perform rubella IgM...
