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Comparison of Different Strategies for Screening for Tuberculosis Using the Tuberculin Skin Test Among Fifth-Grade Students in Paris
Background - Following the 2004 publication of the decree abolishing routine tuberculin testing in children, the City of Paris considered the appropriateness and optimal methods for...
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Influenza Surveillance in the French West Indies and French Guiana: 2007–2008 Season
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Natural Disasters in the French West Indies and French Guiana. Special Issue. Epidemiological Preparedness for Disasters
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Occupational Health Surveillance: The Case of the “Two-Week Campaign on Occupational Diseases (MCP)” in Midi-Pyrénées, France, November 2006
Introduction - The national surveillance program for work-related diseases (WRD) was implemented in the Midi-Pyrénées region in 2006 to estimate the prevalence of WRD by sex, age,...
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Factors Associated with Breastfeeding of Infants Up to 6 Months of Age in the Maternity Ward at Antoine-Béclère Hospital, Clamart
Objectives: While various national and local public health initiatives are being implemented to improve breastfeeding rates and duration in France, we conducted a study to identify the...
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The recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 2008–2010 Chlordecone Action Plan regarding the exposure of the Caribbean population to chlordecone.
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Organochlorine Pesticides and Cancer: Contributions of Epidemiological Studies to the Assessment and Management of Health Risks in the Caribbean.
Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide formerly used in banana plantations, contaminates soil, water, and certain plant and animal food sources in Guadeloupe and Martinique....
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A study of the spatial distribution of cancers potentially linked to soil contamination by organochlorine pesticides in Martinique.
For more than 20 years, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), primarily chlordecone, were used in Martinique to control the banana weevil. Scientific uncertainties regarding the health...
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A Study of the Incidence of Leptospirosis in the Ardennes Department, France, 1996–2005
Introduction - The Ardennes department has one of the highest annual incidence rates of leptospirosis in metropolitan France. This study, conducted at the request of the Departmental...
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Box. Data on food contamination in Martinique and Guadeloupe: the Reso (Organochlorine Residues) surveys, 2005–2007.
