This article is a critical analysis of the following study: Bateson TF, Schwartz J. Who is sensitive to the effects of particulate air pollution on mortality? A case-crossover analysis...

This article is a critical analysis of the following study: Fischer P, Hoek G, Brunekreef B, Verhoeff A, van Wijnen J. Air pollution and mortality in the Netherlands: are the elderly...

The article presents the definitions used by several European countries for the term "MSDs" (musculoskeletal disorders). It compares surveys conducted in Europe on these conditions...

The strategy for measles elimination is outlined here. To eliminate measles, it is necessary to increase vaccination coverage among children, vaccinate unvaccinated generations or...

The involvement of private practitioners is essential to convince the 6 out of 10 women who do not participate in organized breast cancer screening.

Since the last review of the polio situation in France in November 2000, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European Region was declared polio-free on June 21, 2002. National...

Anti-Tobacco Legislation in France Smoking is one of the most widespread public health threats in the world. One of the most effective ways to combat this scourge is through...

The Cancer Plan, launched nearly two years ago, has given new impetus to tobacco prevention in France. Among the measures adopted, the most significant is the massive increase in...

In 2000, the Ministry of Health’s Cancer Plan established the nationwide rollout of a screening program that had already been launched in 32 departments since 1994. In 2003, 46 new...