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Cases of Legionnaires' disease reported in France in 2002
Since 1987, the surveillance of Legionnaires' disease in France has been based on a mandatory reporting system. Enhanced collaboration with the Legionella Reference Center (CNR)...
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Cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases linked to the Meaux Hospital, 2002
This article describes the investigation that followed the Meaux Hospital’s report of nine cases of Legionnaires’ disease to the DDASS. Two of the hospital’s cooling towers were...
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Risk Prevention and Management. The New National Surveillance System. Feature. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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Children’s Environmental Health in Europe: Priorities Proposed by the PINCHE Network
The Policy Interpretation Network on Children's Health and Environment (PINCHE) was a thematic network funded for three years by the European Union. PINCHE's main objective was to...
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): The First Epidemic of the 21st Century
In March 2003, a global alert was issued regarding an outbreak of severe pneumonia that began in China and gradually spread to many countries within a few weeks. The viral origin...
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Estimation of mortality attributable to particulate matter (PM10) in the nine French cities participating in the European Apheis program
The link between air pollution and mortality is now widely accepted, with a level of causality that allows for health impact assessments such as the one presented in this study for nine...
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Social factors contributing to low participation in organized breast cancer screening programs
An organized breast cancer screening program was established by the Directorate General of Health (DGS) in 1994. The results of the evaluation showed that participation in this program...
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Air Quality at the Intersection of Science and Prevention Policies
The findings of epidemiological studies over the past two decades have completely transformed our understanding of the impact of acute and chronic exposure to air pollutants—particularly...
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Cancer in France in 1995 and its trends over the past two decades
Estimates of cancer incidence in France in 1995 put the number of new cases at nearly 240,000. Fifty-six percent of these cancers occurred in men. Overall, cancer accounts for 27% of all...
