Introduction. Physical exercise is beneficial to health, but it can also lead to accidents of varying severity, some of which result in death. The objective of this study was to estimate...

The triennial school-based surveys have been conducted once a year since the 1999–2000 school year, successively in 9th grade, 5th grade, and kindergarten. The overall objective of these...

A one-page summary of the key findings from the 2005 Health Barometer survey on sports injuries.

The highest number of accidents occurs during physical education classes at school, a fact that is likely linked to circadian rhythms (biological rhythms). An observational study was...

The health benefits of moderate physical exercise are well established. Nevertheless, sports activities can lead to accidents and significant injuries. What exactly are the extent,...

The national biomonitoring program, implemented by Santé publique France (formerly the Institut de veille sanitaire), includes a perinatal component based on a subsample of pregnant...

The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in epidemiological studies of environmental health has become commonplace, both for data analysis and for presenting results. To address...

This document has been developed to assist the decentralized offices of the Ministry of Health (particularly the DDASS) in compiling all available data to describe a situation of...

Trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination has been detected near former industrial sites in the Île-de-France region. The concentrations measured in the air inside residents’ homes were up...