Introduction - On the night of February 23–24, 2006, an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) was identified at the Arc 1800 ski resort in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Epidemiological and...

From the outset, the PNNS planned to evaluate the extent to which it had achieved its objectives. Monitoring systems were established, methodologies developed, and evaluation studies...

The decision to introduce a new vaccine into the immunization schedule is a complex, multidisciplinary process based on assessing the risk-benefit balance and, increasingly, on...

The Program for the Medicalization of Information Systems (PMSI) was used to analyze hospitalizations for suicide attempts (SA). In mainland France, between 2004 and 2007, a total of...

Introduction - A number of suicides are not captured in national death statistics. In particular, some are recorded as deaths from unknown causes or violent deaths where intent cannot be...

Introduction - In France, the suicide rate in 2011 was significantly higher in prisons than in the general population. We reviewed the evolution of the crude suicide rate in prisons...

Since the 1990s, numerous studies have examined suicide risk among sexual minorities, leading to estimates of increased risk. Findings from France confirm the observations reported in...

Background. Although the diagnosis and management of depression among adolescents are among the top public health priorities, there is little epidemiological data available for this...

Introduction - Food insecurity is a situation in which individuals’ access to safe, nutritious, and socially acceptable food is, for financial reasons, limited, inadequate, or uncertain....

Background - On January 12, 2011, a drinking water supply system in a building in Rennes housing a shopping and business center was contaminated with ethylene glycol (EG). An...