Objective: The objectives of this study are to describe the characteristics of births in French Guiana, to determine the perinatal mortality rate among newborns from different population...

Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide, was used from 1981 to 1993 in the French West Indies in banana plantations to control the weevil Cosmopolites sordidus. Because it is highly...

The health impact of industrial soil contamination with lead, cadmium, and arsenic was assessed in a municipality in Aveyron (L1) using several complementary methods: analysis of...

Introduction. Studies on the prevalence of back pain are rare both in the general population and among workers. Thanks to the epidemiological surveillance program for musculoskeletal...

Introduction. Healthcare-associated adverse events (AEs) are underreported, and the barriers to reporting them remain poorly understood. The objective of this study was to identify the...

Introduction: The national lead poisoning surveillance system is based on the screening by physicians of minors with one or more risk factors for lead exposure. The objective of the...

As the French territories closest to the areas initially affected by the 2009 A(H1N1) influenza pandemic, the regions of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique, along with the...

The strategy for investigating and screening tuberculosis cases appears to be poorly implemented in France. To describe the screening of close contacts (CCs) of patients hospitalized for...

Motor, sensory, and intellectual disabilities are systematically recorded by the two French registries of childhood disabilities in order to monitor changes in their prevalence over...

Introduction - As part of efforts to reduce cases of lead poisoning linked to industrial activity, glassworks in Lorraine were required to commission a soil assessment to determine the...