Summary

• Sources of Carbon Monoxide and Its Effects on Health

• Screening for CO Poisoning in Hospital Emergency Departments in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region

• The CO poisoning surveillance system in France and in the Nord–Pas-de-Calais region

• Management and prevention of CO poisoning risk

• Overview of CO poisoning cases in the Nord–Pas-de-Calais region from 2006 to 2014

• Characteristics of individuals poisoned in the Nord–Pas-de-Calais region between 2012 and 2014

• Prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning outbreaks in Nord-Pas-de-Calais: implementation of an early warning system based on meteorological criteria

• Qualitative study on the circumstances surrounding accidental carbon monoxide poisoning in households equipped with coal-fired heating appliances in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region

• Prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region: numerous tools developed over the past 10 years