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What to do if there is one or more cases of whooping cough
This guide is a summary of the report by the French High Council for Public Health on how to respond to one or more cases of whooping cough, which was approved on January 16, 2004. The...
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Trends in Campylobacter antibiotic resistance in France (1986–2002).
Campylobacter species, particularly Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, have been identified as the leading cause of intestinal infection in developed countries. These...
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Reported, health, and economic data on alcohol: an overview of regional discrepancies
This article summarizes self-reported data on alcohol use from the most recent surveys of the general adult and youth populations. It provides a regional breakdown of this use and...
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Multidrug-resistant bacteria in French hospitals: initial indicators from the Network for the Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (RAISIN).
Bacteria are said to be multidrug-resistant (MDR) when, due to the accumulation of acquired resistance to several classes of antibiotics, they are sensitive to only a small number of...
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Antibiotic use in France.
This article reviews the main data sources that can help estimate and monitor antibiotic use and describes the key trends in France.
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Precancerous lesions and cervical cancers diagnosed by Pap smear, Ile-de-France, Crisap survey, 2002
Cervical cancer accounts for 3,387 new cases and 1,000 deaths per year in France, corresponding to an average incidence of 8 per 100,000 person-years in 2000. It ranks seventh among...
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Trends in cigarette consumption in France by gender, 1900–2003.
Tobacco kills approximately 5 million people worldwide each year, including 66,000 in France, making it a major cause of preventable death. To understand the current situation and...
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Sports Participation and Use of Psychoactive Substances, France, 2000
This article presents the methodology and results of a study on the relationship between the use of psychoactive substances and sports participation. Two data sources were used: the 2000...
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Drug sensitivity of malaria cases imported into France in 2001 and 2002
France is one of the countries with the highest number of reported malaria cases among European Union member states, with an estimated 7,000 cases per year. The National Reference Center...