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A decision-making framework for conducting a biomarker-based study among populations living on contaminated sites.
The first public health alerts related to industrial soil contamination emerged in the early 1980s (Love Canal, Woburn, etc.). The epidemiological studies conducted to address public...
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Soil Pollution: From Public Exposure to Public Health [Editorial]
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Sidebar: Health Impacts of Soil Pollution: An Inter-Cire Program.
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Key elements for building relationships with communities in the assessment of risks associated with environmental exposure.
In 2004, several environmental health investigations were marked by strained relations with local communities because they only partially addressed broader social concerns and multiple...
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From water pollution to food contamination: the health management of chlordecone in the Caribbean.
The rediscovery of chlordecone in surface waters in the French West Indies sparked a significant mobilization, first locally and then at the national level. A pesticide used to control...
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Ten years of monitoring health risks associated with urban air pollution as part of the Air and Health Monitoring Program (Psas).
The Air and Health Monitoring Program (Psas) aims to monitor the health effects of urban air pollution. We will present the organization and key methodological aspects underpinning this...
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Short-term associations between mortality, hospital admissions, and air pollution levels in nine French cities
In France, changes in the levels and chemical composition of urban air pollution, as well as the widespread adoption of measurements of particulate matter (PM10) indicators, warranted an...
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Containment of polioviruses in the laboratory.
Once global eradication has been achieved and declared, and after the use of the oral vaccine has ceased, laboratories that use or store the poliovirus will become the sole source of...
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Polio: An Overview of the Situation in France in 2005.
Since the last review of the polio situation in France in November 2000, the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) was declared polio-free on June 21, 2002. National...
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Eradication of Polio: The Situation in 2005 [Editorial]
