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Survey of Farming Practices and Food Consumption in Community Gardens in the Belfort Metropolitan Area (Franche-Comté)
The consumption of fruits and vegetables grown in private gardens is an important factor in assessing health risks associated with contaminated sites and soils. However, little is known...
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Estimates of the prevalence and number of various diseases attributable to occupational exposure in France
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The Role of GIS in Developing an Indicator of Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides: Evaluation and Integration of Existing National Databases
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Exposure of the French population to environmental chemicals. Volume 2 - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs-NDL). Pesticides
For the first time in France, the biological concentrations of several environmental chemicals have been measured in a representative sample of the population. The French Institute for...
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Biomarker Assay in the Maternity Ward as Part of the ELFE Pilot Study (French Longitudinal Study from Childhood), October 2007
One method for assessing a child’s in utero exposure to environmental chemical pollutants is to measure the levels of biomarkers for these substances in biological samples collected at...
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Pesticides. Health Effects
Since the 1980s, epidemiological studies have suggested a link between occupational exposure to pesticides and the onset of various diseases (cancers, neurological disorders,...
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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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Investigation into a suspected cluster of pediatric cancers in a wine-growing town in Gironde. June 2013
In February 2013, the Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (ARS) was contacted regarding pesticide spraying near a school and a suspected spatiotemporal cluster of pediatric cancers in a...
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Exposure to alphachloralose (AC)-based rodenticides: a retrospective study of cases reported to French poison control centers (CAPTV) from 1999 to 2012
Objective: ANSES requested the Toxicovigilance Coordination Committee to describe human exposure to AC using cases collected by the CAPTV network in mainland France and in the overseas...
