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Technical details on the compilation of the Acta plant health indexes
The purpose of this guide is to present the technical and methodological data that led to the compilation of information from the Acta phytosanitary indexes. These annual publications,...
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Prevalence of arsenic-based pesticide exposure among winegrowers between 1979 and 2001: the Matphyto project
Retrospective assessment of agricultural workers’ exposure to pesticides is essential for understanding and establishing links between their occupational activities throughout their...
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Using metropolitan agricultural censuses for cross-referencing with Matphyto crop-exposure matrices: what population data are available?
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Using metropolitan agricultural censuses to cross-reference with Matphyto crop-exposure matrices: how can we identify farms that grow grapes professionally?
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Feasibility study on reconstituting the cohort of agricultural workers exposed to chlordecone in Martinique and Guadeloupe. National Chlordecone Plans 1 and 2
Chlordecone is an organochlorine pesticide that was used between 1973 and 1993 in the French West Indies to control the banana weevil. Persistent in the environment, it is a possible...
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Pesticides. Health Effects
Since the 1980s, epidemiological studies have suggested a link between occupational exposure to pesticides and the onset of various diseases (cancers, neurological disorders,...
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Estimating the proportion of cancers attributable to specific occupational exposures in France. Use of job-exposure matrices developed as part of the Matgéné program
Occupational diseases, most of which are nonspecific, represent a significant burden in France; yet there are few recent French studies that provide quantitative data on this issue. It...
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Investigation into a suspected cluster of pediatric cancers in a wine-growing town in Gironde. June 2013
In February 2013, the Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (ARS) was contacted regarding pesticide spraying near a school and a suspected spatiotemporal cluster of pediatric cancers in a...
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Exposure of the French population to environmental chemicals. Volume 2 - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs-NDL). Pesticides
For the first time in France, the biological concentrations of several environmental chemicals have been measured in a representative sample of the population. The French Institute for...
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Biomarker Assay in the Maternity Ward as Part of the ELFE Pilot Study (French Longitudinal Study from Childhood), October 2007
One method for assessing a child’s in utero exposure to environmental chemical pollutants is to measure the levels of biomarkers for these substances in biological samples collected at...
