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Prevalence of obesity and associated factors among 5- to 6-year-old children in Haute-Savoie, France
Childhood obesity rose sharply in the 1990s. The routine school-based medical and developmental screening of 5- to 6-year-olds provides an opportunity to study its prevalence. This...
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National Survey on the Diagnosis of Enteropathogenic Yersinia Infections in Metropolitan France in 2003
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance and the National Reference Center for Yersinia conducted a mail survey of a random sample of French medical analysis laboratories...
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Analysis of Premature Mortality in the Construction Sector
Objective - To conduct a study of premature mortality (occurring before age 65) on a cohort drawn from INSEE’s Permanent Demographic Sample (a sample representative of the French...
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Incidence of childhood cancers in France: data from national pediatric registries, 2000–2004
Since 1990, the surveillance of childhood cancers in France has been carried out by the National Registry of Malignant Hematological Diseases in Children (RNHE) and, since 2000, by the...
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Genotypic diversity of rotavirus infections in children presenting to pediatric emergency departments in France between 2006 and 2009
Introduction - Rotaviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children. In the context of vaccination, careful prospective surveillance is required to monitor and...
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Trends in cancer incidence and mortality in France and projections for the current year: estimation methods and production schedule
The French Network of Cancer Registries (Francim), the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS), the Biostatistics Department of the Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), and...
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Trends in the number and risk of cancer deaths in metropolitan France from 1975 to 1999. Local disparities
The number of cancer deaths is rising in France. This increase is due to a combination of population growth, changes in the age structure of the population, and changes in the risk of...
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in mainland France from 2002 to 2007: data from the PMSI and the CNR
Introduction - The objectives of this study were to describe the epidemiological characteristics of patients hospitalized for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in France, to...
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Social and economic characteristics associated with fruit and vegetable consumption among children aged 3 to 17 in mainland France, ENNS 2006–2007
Introduction - Our objective was to identify the social, economic, and food insecurity factors associated with fruit and vegetable consumption among children in France. Methods - Food...
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The leprosy epidemic in Guadeloupe from 1999 to 2007
The number of leprosy cases detected in Guadeloupe has been slowly declining over the decades, with the overall incidence of new cases falling from 24 per 100,000 in 1970 to 11 per...
