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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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Adverse events reported during vector control campaigns using deltamethrin or Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis), France, 2006–2013. December 2013
Background: Dengue and chikungunya viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted from person to person by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. Present in France’s overseas departments, they have...
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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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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...
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Assessment of the feasibility of using crop-exposure matrices to estimate exposure to pesticides in a cohort of agricultural workers
Introduction: There is a major challenge in determining pesticide exposure among agricultural workers. This is due to the wide variety of plant protection products (PPPs) used on a...
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Technical details on the compilation of the Acta plant health indexes
The purpose of this guide is to present the technical and methodological data that led to the compilation of information from the Acta phytosanitary indexes. These annual publications,...
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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...
