This article is a commentary on a study published in the journal Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2001;74:574-8. Exposure to air pollution has been linked to respiratory effects. However,...

This article is a commentary on the following study: Schikowski T, Sugiri D, Ranft U, Gehring U, Heinrich J, Wichmann HE, Kramer U. Long-term air pollution exposure and living close to...

For France’s future tobacco control policy to be effective, appropriate monitoring and evaluation programs must be implemented. This article describes the development of a model that...

Background - The upcoming availability of a combined vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox has reignited the debate over widespread chickenpox vaccination for...

Background. - The objectives of this study are, first, to estimate the reported coverage of breast and cervical cancer screening over a two-year period and, second, to identify the...

In 2000, the French Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), with support from the National Service Directorate (DSN), launched the Survey on Health and Substance Use...

Between 1998 and 2006, 1,400 cases of malaria (56.8%) occurring in Côte d'Ivoire and 1,064 (43.2%) following a stay in Côte d'Ivoire were reported among military personnel serving on...

Since 2002, the network of the National Reference Center for Mycobacteria and Mycobacterial Resistance to Antituberculosis Drugs has observed an increase in the prevalence of...

In this article, we will demonstrate that health warnings on cigarette packs, under certain conditions, improve public awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco, influence behavioral...

In the intertropical zone, malaria is one of the main natural infectious threats faced by French military personnel. A specific surveillance system has been in place within the French...