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Measuring Vaccination Coverage in France: Current Sources and Data
The Act of August 9, 2004, on public health policy entrusts the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) with the task of monitoring and evaluating vaccination coverage for...
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Assessment of Morbidity and Mortality Indicators (MMI) for Monitoring Health Impacts During Cold Snaps and Snow and Ice Storms
Background and objective: In France, during cold waves and episodes of snow and ice, health indicators of mortality and morbidity (IMM) are monitored as part of syndromic surveillance in...
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Descriptive study of locally acquired cases of hepatitis E, France, 2010
In France, since 2006, the number of confirmed cases of locally acquired hepatitis E (HE) has increased significantly. In 2010, a descriptive study of locally acquired HE cases was...
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Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance in France: The Need for Determined and Sustained Action. Summary of Surveillance Data, November 18, 2015
The widespread and repeated use of antibiotics in human and animal healthcare leads, over time, to an increase in bacterial resistance. In fact, antibiotics act not only on their...
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Outbreak of acute gastroenteritis linked to water consumption at a campground in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche (07). August 2008
Alert. On August 11, 2008, the Ardèche Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) was alerted to the occurrence of numerous cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) at a...
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Monitoring of Asthma in the Workplace Through a Network of Volunteer Occupational Physicians. Final Report of the Feasibility Study
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, in partnership with the University of Bordeaux II, the University of Toulouse III, and the Medical Inspectorate, conducted a pilot...
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Monitoring of Asthma in the Workplace by a Network of Volunteer Occupational Physicians: Summary of the Feasibility Study Results
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, in partnership with the University of Bordeaux II, the University of Toulouse III, and the Medical Inspectorate, conducted a pilot...
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Epidemiological Surveillance of Asthma Among Artisans and Merchants Enrolled in the Social Security Scheme for the Self-Employed (RSI). Final Report of the Pilot Study
Some authors have estimated that occupational factors account for between 10% and 20% of adult asthma cases. Among working populations, the prevalence of asthma among artisans and...
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Epidemiological surveillance of asthma among artisans and merchants enrolled in the Social Security Scheme for the Self-Employed (RSI). Summary of the pilot study results
Some authors have estimated that occupational factors account for between 10% and 20% of adult asthma cases. Among working populations, the prevalence of asthma among artisans and...
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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...
