For the past ten years, the Anact network has been working with companies and their employees to prevent workplace stress. One of its primary goals is to identify sources of stress and...

As president of the Mutuelle des hospitaliers (MNH), which has 45,000 members, the author provides a brief overview of the organization’s mission, then discusses the role of hospital...

Drawing on studies from other countries (Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States), this article presents an approach to the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in the...

Review of measures planned by EEC member states to prevent cancer risk factors. Regarding smoking: projects targeting specific groups; pilot initiatives on teaching smoking cessation...

Introduced by Mr. Danzon, Executive Director of the CFES, D. Bidou, Delegate for Quality of Life, and J.F. Griard, Director General of Health, the report focuses specifically on indoor...

Valérie Charmois, an occupational physician at an inter-company health service in Bordeaux, participated—along with fourteen of her colleagues—in a study on stress among call center...

Brief interventions (BI) are highly effective in reducing the health burden associated with alcohol, but to date, no study has evaluated their effectiveness in occupational health...

Typhoid and paratyphoid fever are notifiable diseases. This article describes the main epidemiological characteristics of 92 cases reported in France in 2001: incidence rates in France...

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is the leading cause of acute kidney injury in children aged 1 month to 3 years. In France, a surveillance system for pediatric HUS was established in...

Given its epidemic potential, its potential severity in adults, and the availability of an effective vaccine, hepatitis A warranted a national surveillance system. In November 2005,...