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From water pollution to food contamination: the health management of chlordecone in the Caribbean.
The rediscovery of chlordecone in surface waters in the French West Indies sparked a significant mobilization, first locally and then at the national level. A pesticide used to control...
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Renacoq: Surveillance of Pertussis in Hospitals in 2004
For more than 15 years, over 95% of 2-year-olds have received the three doses required for the primary pertussis vaccination series. The disease has become rare in children but persists...
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Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci: the situation in France in 2005
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Evaluation of the Quality of a Surveillance Network for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Ile-de-France Region in 2001–2002 (Azay-Mycobacteria Network)
Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to antituberculosis drugs in France has been conducted since 1995 by a group of microbiologists from university hospitals, the...
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Indicators of the nutritional status of people receiving food assistance, Abena Study, 2004–2005.
Public health initiatives focused on nutrition and aimed at people in vulnerable situations—such as those under the National Nutrition and Health Program (PNNS) and the Food and...
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The Use of Food Aid in Light of Social Ties: An Aspect of the Socio-Anthropological Component of the Abena Study.
The qualitative socio-anthropological analysis in the Abena study sought to describe and analyze in depth the relationship between food aid and the living conditions of those who rely on...
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Dietary intake and the role of food aid among participants in the Abena study, 2004–2005.
Food aid organizations strive to distribute food in accordance with recommendations, notably by providing training to their volunteer and paid staff on how to put together nutritionally...
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Sociodemographic characteristics of people receiving food assistance, Abena study, 2004–2005.
The nutritional status of people living in precarious circumstances is most often estimated based on studies that analyze, within the general population, the relationship between lower...
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Prevalence and Characteristics of Lower Limb Amputations Among People with Diabetes in Metropolitan France, 2003
Foot complications are among the most serious complications of diabetes, both in human and financial terms. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy causes a loss of sensation that increases the...
