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Investigation into a suspected increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes at a laboratory in the Côtes-d'Armor department
In May 2011, the regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) in Brittany (Cire Ouest) was notified of a suspected cluster of adverse pregnancy outcomes...
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Water Quality in Nancy and the Incidence of Acute Gastroenteritis, 2002–2007
The Turbidity and Gastroenteritis Study aims to establish and characterize the link between the turbidity level of distributed water and the number of cases of acute gastroenteritis...
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A descriptive study of leptospirosis cases diagnosed in Normandy between 2010 and 2014
In Lower Normandy, the incidence rate of leptospirosis was six times higher than the national average during the 2006–2012 period. In 2012, Lower Normandy ranked fourth among mainland...
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Q Fever Outbreak Linked to a Visit to a Livestock Farm, Vaucluse-Drôme. May–June 2014
In May 2014, over the course of a few days, 15 patients were admitted to the emergency department at Valréas Hospital with febrile pneumonia. Most had visited a sheep farm in southern...
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HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Brittany. 2014
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Surveillance system for clusters of acute lower respiratory infections in senior care facilities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Winter season 2006–2007
In long-term care facilities for the elderly (LTCFs), a large number of cases and deaths due to acute respiratory infections (ARIs) could be prevented by improving prevention and control...
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Investigation of Sick Building Syndrome in the ground-floor laboratories of the Institute of Biology at Nantes University Hospital, 2006–2008
Persistent health problems have been observed since 2006 among staff at a cancer research center and staff at other laboratories located on the same floor of the Institute of Biology at...
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Assessment of health risks associated with the inhalation of volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the vicinity of three major emission sources in the Rhône-Alpes region
Certain areas in the Rhône-Alpes region are home to a concentration of industries, heavy road traffic, and large populations, raising questions about the health impacts of air emissions...
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Estimation of contamination in fish that contribute most to exposure to dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls. Sampling protocol for the Somme River basin
In 2006 and 2007, 35 fish samples from the Somme River and its tributaries were analyzed to measure their concentrations of dioxins, furans, and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls....
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Survey on Health and Eating Habits in Martinique (ESCAL 2003–2004). Results of the "Food Consumption and Nutritional Intake" section
The Study on Health and Dietary Intake in Martinique (Escal) was conducted in 2003–2004 by Cire Antilles-Guyane and the Martinique Health Observatory with the aim of assessing, among...
