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From Human Biomarkers to Human Biomonitoring in Environmental Health in Europe. Highlights of the Conference Held in Paris on November 4 and 5, 2008
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Pertussis Outbreak at a Nursing Home, Bouches-du-Rhône, August 2013
On August 27, 2013, the nurse coordinator at a long-term care facility for the elderly (Ehpad) in the Bouches-du-Rhône department reported two cases of acute respiratory infection with...
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How can we understand the high rate of infant and perinatal mortality in a particular geographic area? The case of Seine-Saint-Denis.
In France, there are significant social and geographic disparities in mortality rates around birth and during the first year of life. The department of Seine-Saint-Denis, which has had...
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Salmonella outbreak caused by Salmonella serotype Typhimurium and serotype 4,12:i:-, Paris, November 2012 to February 2013
Between December 24, 2012, and January 8, 2013, 10 cases of salmonellosis were reported by the Paris Maternal and Child Health Service (PMI) among children attending four daycare centers...
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Multiple outbreaks in gold mining camps in the Amazon rainforest (French Guiana) in 2013: What lessons can be learned regarding access to healthcare and prevention?
In early March 2013, an outbreak of diarrhea accompanied by acute febrile respiratory syndrome, affecting a community of gold miners working at a single site in the tropical forest, was...
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Psychological Violence in the Workplace and Mental Health: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey of the Working Population in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, France, 2004.
Objective - To explore the associations between characteristics of exposure to psychological violence in the workplace and depressive symptoms in a sample of currently employed workers....
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Outbreak of locally acquired chikungunya cases in Montpellier, September–October 2014.
In October 2014, 12 locally acquired cases of chikungunya (11 confirmed cases and 1 probable case) occurred in Montpellier, a city where the Aedes albopictus mosquito has been...
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New cases of locally transmitted dengue fever in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France, August–September 2014.
In August and September 2014, four locally acquired cases of dengue were diagnosed in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. This marked the third occurrence of local transmission of the...
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Screening for lead poisoning among minors: the case of the Midi-Pyrénées region from 2002 to 2013
Objective: Lead can cause harmful effects, particularly neurological, hematological, and renal effects. Children under six years of age are most affected due to greater absorption...
