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The Practice of External Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Sociological Study. November 2010
The reporting of healthcare-associated infections is an action-oriented early warning system established by regulation in 2001. While the added value of this system in terms of health...
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Vaccinations Among Healthcare Workers in French Healthcare Facilities, 2009. Vaccination Coverage, Knowledge, and Perceptions Regarding Vaccinations. Final Report
Although vaccination recommendations apply to healthcare professionals in France, there are no national vaccination coverage (VC) data for this population. We conducted a survey to...
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Hospitalizations for burns based on data from the Medical Information Systems Program, mainland France, 2009. Summary
The epidemiology of burns is poorly documented in France. Yet these injuries can have devastating consequences, leading to significant physical and psychological sequelae, and their...
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Course of the disease and quality of life among patients diagnosed with chikungunya infection in mainland France, 2005–2007
In 2005–2006, a major outbreak of chikungunya (CHIK) infection affected the islands of the Indian Ocean, particularly Réunion (where 38.2% of the population was infected). Early studies...
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Program for the Surveillance of Occupational Diseases (MCP) in France. Results of the MCP Fortnightly Reports for 2006–2007–2008
Occupational diseases are reportable in France, but spontaneous reports are very rare. In 2002, the InVS and the Occupational Health Inspectorate established a surveillance program for...
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Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Nine French Cities: Results of the Aphekom Project
The causal relationship between exposure to urban air pollution and health, both in the short and long term, is now widely accepted. The existence of epidemiological studies quantifying...
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Summary of the results of the Aphekom project (2008–2011). Insights into the health impacts of urban air pollution in Europe
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Correlations between self-reported asthma and drug reimbursements in the 2006 ESPS survey. Can indicators for monitoring asthma care be proposed based on drug reimbursements?
Numerous studies show that asthma care is inadequate. Health insurance reimbursement data could prove useful for asthma surveillance. However, unlike the data available in other...
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Amounts of soil and dust ingested by children under 6 years of age and the bioavailability of pollutants. Current state of knowledge and recommendations
The issue of how much soil and dust a child ingests is often central to exposure and health risk assessments conducted in the context of soil contamination. As a precautionary measure,...
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Estimates of the number of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infections in mainland France as of December 17, 2009
