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Regional School Epidemiology Observatory: Student Health in Upper Normandy, 2006–2007 School Year
Understanding the health of young people is a key concern for public authorities. It is therefore necessary to develop tools within the National Education System to better understand...
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Screening and Treatment of Hepatitis C Through the Network of Medical Facilities for People Who Use Drugs in Alsace, France, 2006–2007
While the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is high among people who use drugs (PWUD), screening and treatment for chronic hepatitis C remain limited in this population. The...
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Assessment of vaccination coverage with the MenBvac® vaccine among individuals targeted by the vaccination campaign in Dieppe and the surrounding area, June 2006–May 2009
Background. Between 2003 and 2009, the department of Seine-Maritime—and particularly an area encompassing Dieppe and its surroundings—experienced a hyperendemic situation of invasive...
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Influenza Surveillance in the French West Indies and French Guiana: 2007–2008 Season
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Occupational Health Surveillance: The Case of the “Two-Week Campaign on Occupational Diseases (MCP)” in Midi-Pyrénées, France, November 2006
Introduction - The national surveillance program for work-related diseases (WRD) was implemented in the Midi-Pyrénées region in 2006 to estimate the prevalence of WRD by sex, age,...
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The recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 2008–2010 Chlordecone Action Plan regarding the exposure of the Caribbean population to chlordecone.
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Organochlorine Pesticides and Cancer: Contributions of Epidemiological Studies to the Assessment and Management of Health Risks in the Caribbean.
Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide formerly used in banana plantations, contaminates soil, water, and certain plant and animal food sources in Guadeloupe and Martinique....
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A study of the spatial distribution of cancers potentially linked to soil contamination by organochlorine pesticides in Martinique.
For more than 20 years, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), primarily chlordecone, were used in Martinique to control the banana weevil. Scientific uncertainties regarding the health...
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A Study of the Incidence of Leptospirosis in the Ardennes Department, France, 1996–2005
Introduction - The Ardennes department has one of the highest annual incidence rates of leptospirosis in metropolitan France. This study, conducted at the request of the Departmental...
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Box. Data on food contamination in Martinique and Guadeloupe: the Reso (Organochlorine Residues) surveys, 2005–2007.
