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Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in France in 1999
In France, two data sources—mandatory reporting and the EPIBAC hospital laboratory network—make it possible to track trends in the incidence of bacterial meningitis (BM) and to determine...
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Mycobacterium xenopi infections in France
Mycobacterium xenopi, an atypical mycobacterium, was first described in 1959 when it was isolated from skin lesions of a South African frog, Xenopus laevis; however, its pathogenicity in...
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Transparency at the risk of misunderstanding. Misunderstanding: a limit to transparency policy
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) has been entrusted by law with an increasingly prominent and urgent mission: to monitor the health of the population and alert...
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Thyroid status and prevalence of thyroid disorders among adults included in the SU.VI.MAX study in 1994–1995
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Survey to Assess the Availability of Iodine Tablets to Residents Living Near the Bugey Nuclear Power Plant, September 1998
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...
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Predictive value and sensitivity of the Program for the Medicalization of Information Systems (PMSI) compared to cancer registries: application to thyroid cancer (1999–2000)
Background: Cancer registries track the number of new cases diagnosed among residents of a specific geographic area but cover only 13% of the French population. Estimating the national...
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Initial Assessment of the Follow-up of the Hemophilia Population in France (FranceCoag Cohort), 1994–2005
Introduction - As part of the FranceCoag Network project, a prospective cohort (the FranceCoag Cohort) of patients with inherited coagulation disorders (ICD) was launched in January 2003...
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National Registry Committee. Status as of January 1, 2001
"A registry is a continuous and comprehensive collection of personal data pertaining to one or more health events within a defined geographic population, maintained for research and...
