This study describes a national survey estimating the number and characteristics of anesthesia-related deaths. Method—Death certificates from 1999 were selected using ICD codes and...

Introduction - The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of current use of legal drugs (alcohol and tobacco) and illicit drugs in the French civilian maritime sector...

Introduction - Drawing on a particularly rich dataset, this article describes social inequalities in cancer mortality and their changes over time in France. Methods - The data are...

Objective - To compare the risk of maternal death among foreign-born women with that of French women and to examine whether the quality of care received by women who died differs by...

Objectives: To estimate the incidence of hospitalizations caused by a healthcare-associated adverse event (HAAE) in medical and surgical wards of public and private healthcare...

The Gay and Lesbian Media Survey (EPGL) is an anonymous, self-administered, voluntary cross-sectional study that was conducted again in 2011 through the media and community websites....

This article presents surveillance data on HIV infection and AIDS in France for 2012, based on mandatory reporting of HIV and AIDS and virological surveillance, as well as trends since...

Fission products from nuclear reactors are released into the environment in gaseous form. Radioactive iodine isotopes can be inhaled and accumulate in the thyroid gland, potentially...

Introduction - The objective of this study is to measure and characterize deaths from everyday accidents in France from 2000 to 2006. Methods - The results were derived from the...

Introduction - Our objective was to estimate the discrepancies between self-reported and measured anthropometric data in a national sample of adults and to assess the implications for...