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HIV/AIDS and Sex Workers: A Review of French Data
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Assessment of Smoking Habits Among Middle and High School Students in Paris Since the Passage of France’s New Tobacco Law (1991–1996)
A descriptive epidemiological survey was conducted annually from 1991 to 1996 on the smoking habits of 27,267 high school and middle school students in Paris... During this period, there...
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Measles Surveillance. Implementation of comprehensive surveillance of residual measles cases in France. Pilot study in three French departments with high vaccination coverage (Cher, Paris, Val-d'Oise)
The Directorate General for Health commissioned the National Public Health Network (RNSP) and the International Center for Children (CIE)—which houses the National Reference Center for...
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Updates on Yersinia enterocolitica 09 (Y.e. 09) Yersiniosis: Clinical Features, Diagnostic Methods, and Epidemiological Situation
Over a 14-year period, from 1982 to 1995, 26 patients aged 20 to 74 who were referred for consultation or hospitalized in the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases at...
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Tuberculosis Screening in Migrant Housing Facilities in Paris
Between January 31 and June 30, 1994, 19 migrant worker housing complexes received mobile tuberculosis screening services. This initiative, carried out by a team from the Paris City...
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Combating head lice in Paris schools
The fight against head lice in elementary and preschool schools in the City of Paris is the focus of a unique and specialized screening and treatment program. This program has been...
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Results of a study on the efficacy of two pediculicidal lotions in Parisian elementary schools. Epidemiological and therapeutic implications
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of a malathion-based lotion and a d-phenothrin-based lotion in the treatment of head lice in school-aged children to test the...
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Health issues among African migrants traveling to the country.
Travel medicine is a relatively new field whose main objectives are to inform travelers about the risks of health problems during stays abroad—primarily in tropical regions—to ensure...
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Prevalence of nosocomial infections in long-term care facilities. A multicenter study by Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (1993)
In France, little data on nosocomial infections is available for long-term care settings. Therefore, a prevalence study was conducted in 1993 in several Parisian hospitals within the...
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An outbreak of mumps in Millau (Aveyron): Estimating the efficacy of the Urabe strain vaccine
Doctors in Millau, having noted an unusually high number of mumps cases since January 1995 and surprised by the significant proportion of cases among vaccinated individuals, alerted the...
