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The Capture-Recapture Method in Epidemiology: Principles, Limitations, and Applications
The capture-recapture method allows, by cross-referencing multiple sources of information from the same population, for estimating the number of cases not identified by any of the...
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From the users' perspective, what are the effects, benefits, and challenges associated with TSO?
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Special Report: Epidemiology and Ionizing Radiation. Proposals for the Establishment of a National Cancer Surveillance System
The fight against cancer is a government priority that was recently the focus of a five-year national mobilization plan launched by the Head of State in 2003. The epidemiological...
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Cancer: The Situation in France and the European Context
With 28% of all deaths, cancer is the second leading cause of death in France. Partly due to the aging population, new cases have increased by 36% over the past 20 years, but deaths have...
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A sociological perspective on drugs: describing the complexity of drug use and accounting for social contexts
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Risks of Importing Exotic Infectious Diseases into Metropolitan France: Detection, Alert, and Response
In the field of infectious diseases, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance is responsible for driving and coordinating the anticipation and analysis of infectious disease...
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Is environmental health the future of public health?
Over the past few decades, public health and its education in France have developed in parallel with the emergence of environmental health, with the two fields often relying on different...
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Survey to Assess the Availability of Iodine Tablets to Residents Living Near the Bugey Nuclear Power Plant, September 1998
Fission products from nuclear reactors are released into the environment in gaseous form. Radioactive iodine isotopes can be inhaled and accumulate in the thyroid gland, potentially...
