Accidents in daily life are "unintentional injuries" that occur at home or in the immediate vicinity (garden, yard, garage, and other outbuildings), outdoors (in a store, on a sidewalk,...

Dioxins (PCDD) and furans (PCDF), collectively referred to as "dioxins," belong to the chemical family of chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (CPACs). They are highly stable,...

This review provides an overview of the epidemiological data on equestrian injuries published in scientific journals. The number of equestrian injuries is often reported relative to the...

Every year in France, dog bites result in several thousand visits to emergency rooms and numerous hospitalizations. An interdisciplinary epidemiological study involving epidemiologists,...

Cryptorchidism and hypospadias are urogenital malformations whose increasing prevalence has been reported in some countries and which are suspected to be linked to exposure to endocrine...

Rugby is a contact sport that leads to injuries resulting primarily from the physical collisions players experience during games and practices. The epidemiology of rugby injuries has...

Sports-related accidents are a subset of accidents of daily life (ADL). On their own, they account for nearly 20% of ADLs requiring emergency department visits, or approximately 900,000...

The prevalence of maternal and congenital CMV infections is poorly documented in France. Between November 2004 and January 2005, a prospective national survey was conducted to estimate...

Congenital toxoplasmosis is potentially fatal for the fetus. During pregnancy, a mother can become infected by eating undercooked meat containing parasites (cysts), poorly washed raw...