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Studies on Air Quality Interventions: What Are the Health Effects? A Literature Review (1987–2015)
Air pollution is responsible for 3.7 million premature deaths worldwide each year. The number of initiatives aimed at improving air quality is growing, and it is necessary to document...
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Breast Cancer Incidence and Screening in France. Latest available data: October 2016
The number of new cases of breast cancer has been rising in France since the 1980s. After peaking around 2005, the incidence has stabilized, although recent trends remain uncertain....
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Assessment of Vaccination Coverage Among Youth Participating in the Defense and Citizenship Days in Aquitaine, 2013. Pilot Study Using the Electronic Vaccination Record from MesVaccins.net
In France, there is no routine system for collecting vaccination coverage (VC) data among young people over the age of 15. However, the few studies published on this population...
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National Observatory on Occupational Asthma II. Summary of the Pilot Phase and Outlook for the Monitoring of Work-Related Asthma
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Quantitative Assessment of the Health Impacts of Urban Air Pollution in France: A Review of Local Studies and Stakeholder Feedback
In 1999, the first methodological guide for conducting a quantitative health impact assessment of urban air pollution (EQIS-PA) was published by the French Institute for Public Health...
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Ev@lutil: a database for assessing occupational exposure to fibers and nanoparticles
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Water Quality in the Paris Suburbs and the Incidence of Acute Gastroenteritis, 2002–2007
The Turbidity and Gastroenteritis Study aims to establish and characterize the relationship between the turbidity level of distributed water and the number of cases of acute...
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Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections in eastern France, 2014
Human listeriosis is a foodborne infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). Between March 10 and April 2, 2014, five cases of Lm infection belonging to PCR group IIa and the rare...
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Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Adult Intensive Care Units. REA-Raisin Network, France. 2014 Results
The surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is a priority in intensive care, a high-risk setting due to patients’ critical condition and their exposure to invasive...
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Socioeconomic determinants of vaccination and cervical cancer screening via Pap smear. Analysis of the Health and Social Protection Survey (ESPS), 2012
Vaccination coverage rates for the adult diphtheria, tetanus, and polio (DTP) booster and for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescent girls are insufficient in France....
