Alcohol consumption is high in France, so it is important to estimate alcohol-attributable mortality by sex and age according to alcohol intake. Method. Survey and sales data were used...

Introduction. Strictly speaking, it is not accurate to speak of widespread alcohol use during adolescence, as experimentation is already common even before students enter middle...

Introduction. The law of July 21, 2009 raised the age limit for the general prohibition on alcohol sales to 18. A survey conducted in 2012 sought to assess the implementation of this...

The Health Barometers of the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (Inpes) provide regular monitoring of epidemiological indicators in the general population. These...

In the Île-de-France region, individual boilers are often the cause of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning incidents in homes. The characteristics of these poisoning incidents may vary...

Introduction. Various epidemiological surveillance systems for chikungunya and dengue viruses are in place in metropolitan France, depending on whether or not the Aedes albopictus...

Introduction. Due to the risk of local transmission, imported cases of dengue fever pose a potential public health problem in areas where the Aedes albopictus mosquito is present....

Introduction. For more than twenty-five years, the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has remained at approximately 1 case per 100,000 inhabitants. Recent data...

This article presents the status of HIV infection and AIDS in France in 2011, based on mandatory reporting of HIV and AIDS and virological surveillance. Approximately 6,100 people [95%...

Background - In the context of climate change, it is important to better understand the relationship between extreme temperatures, healthcare utilization, and mortality in order to...