This article is a commentary on a study published in the journal Soc Sci Med 60; 2005: 2845-63. The issue of particulate matter and the health effects of chronic exposure is a topic that...

This article is a commentary on a study published in the journal J Occup Environ Med 2005;62:543-460. While the short-term links between air pollution and mortality have been extensively...

This article is a commentary on the following study: "Short-term associations between fine and coarse particles and cardiorespiratory hospitalizations in six French cities. Host S,...

This article is a commentary on the following study: Effects of personal particulate matter on peak expiratory flow rate in children with asthma. Tang C, Chang L, Lee H, Chan C. Sci....

This article is a commentary on the following study: "Ultrafine particles in urban air and respiratory health among adult asthmatics." Penttinen P, Timonen KL, Tiittanen P, Mirme A,...

This article is a commentary on the following study: "Finkelstein MM, Jerrett M, and Sears MR. Environmental inequality and circulatory disease mortality gradients. J Epidemiol Community...

France is facing a resurgence of measles outbreaks even as it strives to meet the WHO’s goal of eliminating the disease by 2010. To achieve this goal, the DGS has established a working...

France, like all countries in the WHO European Region, has set a goal of eliminating measles and congenital rubella by 2010. A national elimination plan defined new vaccination...

The promotion of measles vaccination for infants, introduced in 1983, was accompanied by a sharp decline in the incidence of measles, which has been monitored by the Sentinelles network...