Objective - To examine the influence of social background and parental smoking on smoking in adulthood. Methods - This study is based on a sample of 2,173 men and 3,083 women who...

The patient is a 61-year-old woman who had been visiting Senegal regularly since 2001 without residing there. At the time, she was working in Dakar (in the paramedical field). She...

With 36,000 new cases per year, colorectal cancer ranks third in incidence among men and second among women. Treatment often involves surgery, such as a partial or total colectomy, or a...

In recent years, surveillance of Legionnaires' disease has improved significantly in France, and recent data have shown a decline in incidence. In 2008, 1,244 cases were reported in...

The authors describe the evolution of the Legionnaires' disease surveillance system since 1987. The 2003 Legionnaires' disease surveillance data are presented, including case...

On August 28, 2003, the Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) of Vienne reported five cases of Legionnaires' disease diagnosed over a two-day period to the...

This article is a commentary on the following study: Mulder YM, Drijver M, Kreis IA. Case-control study on the association between a cluster of childhood hematopoietic malignancies and...

In France, an analysis of asthma mortality trends between 1970 and 1990 showed an increase through the mid-1980s, followed by a decline. Among women, however, age-standardized death...

Between August 23 and 31, 2004, four cases of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 were reported to the Gironde Departmental Health and Social Affairs...