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Estimating the proportion of cancers attributable to specific occupational exposures in France. Use of job-exposure matrices developed as part of the Matgéné program
Occupational diseases, most of which are nonspecific, represent a significant burden in France; yet there are few recent French studies that provide quantitative data on this issue. It...
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Launch of a tool to help track agricultural pesticide exposure in France
The recent Inserm collective review highlights the presumption of a link between prolonged exposure to pesticides and the development of certain diseases. Understanding exposure patterns...
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Exposure of the French Population to Environmental Chemicals: ENNS Study 2006–2007
The National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNS) made it possible, for the first time in France, to measure the exposure of the population living in metropolitan France in 2006–2007 by...
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Prevalence of Parkinson's disease among farmers and in the general population according to the agricultural characteristics of French departments
Objectives: The role of occupational exposure to pesticides in Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been well documented, but no study has assessed the excess risk of PD among the French...
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Assessment of Occupational Exposure Among the Working Population in France: Tools and Methods
Assessing occupational exposures and their trends over time is a critical component of any public health system for monitoring occupational risks. It involves examining not the...
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Occupational exposure of winegrowers to arsenic-based pesticides: prevalence of exposure between 1979 and 2000
Introduction: Arsenic-based pesticides, the only chemical solution used in viticulture until 2001 to control esca, are classified as definite carcinogens. Estimates of the number of...
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Occupational exposure to respiratory carcinogens among employees in 2010
Introduction: Respiratory cancers are the most common occupational cancers, but very little data is available to quantify occupational exposure to respiratory carcinogens. The objective...
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Tools to assist in assessing occupational exposure: the job-exposure matrices on the Exp-Pro portal
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Exp-Pro: a web portal dedicated to assessing occupational exposure
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Multiple occupational exposures to carcinogens among employees in 2010
Occupational factors that may increase the risk of cancer are often studied in isolation from one another, even though multiple exposure to carcinogens is a reality. Multiple exposure to...
