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Perceptions of the effectiveness of standardized cigarette packs: A study in a French context.
Introduction - The cigarette pack is a marketing tool for the tobacco industry. To combat this phenomenon, the World Health Organization recommends the implementation of standardized...
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Box. The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: an international treaty to combat tobacco use.
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Impact of Changes in BCG Vaccination Practices on the Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in France in 2009
The mandatory BCG vaccination requirement was suspended in July 2007 and replaced by a recommendation to vaccinate children at risk of tuberculosis. Furthermore, the intradermal...
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Cases of tuberculosis reported in France in 2009
The data presented pertain to cases of active tuberculosis reported in France during 2009. In 2009, 5,276 cases of active tuberculosis were reported, representing 8.2 per 100,000...
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Health of children conceived through assisted reproductive technology.
It is currently estimated that 2 to 3% of children born in France were conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART). Monitoring these children in the short and medium term...
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Food insecurity in the Paris metropolitan area: prevalence and socio-territorial inequalities
Introduction - Food insecurity is a situation in which individuals’ access to safe, nutritious, and socially acceptable food is, for financial reasons, limited, inadequate, or...
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Contamination of a drinking water system with ethylene glycol in an apartment building, Rennes (France), January 2011
Background - On January 12, 2011, a drinking water supply system in a building in Rennes housing a shopping and business center was contaminated with ethylene glycol (EG). An...
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Prevalence of strokes and their sequelae and their impact on activities of daily living: findings from the 2008–2009 “Disability, Health, and Households” and “Disability, Health, and Institutions” surveys
Objectives - The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of strokes and their sequelae among the French population living in ordinary households or in institutions,...
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Outbreak of multidrug-resistant malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the second half of 1985
