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Adverse events reported during vector control campaigns using deltamethrin or Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis), France, 2006–2013. December 2013
Background: Dengue and chikungunya viruses (arboviruses) are transmitted from person to person by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. Present in France’s overseas departments, they have...
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Technical details on the compilation of the Acta plant health indexes
The purpose of this guide is to present the technical and methodological data that led to the compilation of information from the Acta phytosanitary indexes. These annual publications,...
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Exposure of the French Population to Environmental Chemicals: ENNS Study 2006–2007
The National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNS) made it possible, for the first time in France, to measure the exposure of the population living in metropolitan France in 2006–2007 by...
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Prevalence of Parkinson's disease among farmers and in the general population according to the agricultural characteristics of French departments
Objectives: The role of occupational exposure to pesticides in Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been well documented, but no study has assessed the excess risk of PD among the French...
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Assessment of Occupational Exposure Among the Working Population in France: Tools and Methods
Assessing occupational exposures and their trends over time is a critical component of any public health system for monitoring occupational risks. It involves examining not the...
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Occupational exposure of winegrowers to arsenic-based pesticides: prevalence of exposure between 1979 and 2000
Introduction: Arsenic-based pesticides, the only chemical solution used in viticulture until 2001 to control esca, are classified as definite carcinogens. Estimates of the number of...
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Occupational exposure to respiratory carcinogens among employees in 2010
Introduction: Respiratory cancers are the most common occupational cancers, but very little data is available to quantify occupational exposure to respiratory carcinogens. The objective...
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Multiple occupational exposures to carcinogens among employees in 2010
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Estimating the proportion of cancers attributable to specific occupational exposures in France: Using the job-exposure matrices developed as part of the Matgéné program
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Chlordecone: a well-known endocrine disruptor affecting the French West Indies
Chlordecone is an organochlorine insecticide that was used extensively in the French West Indies from 1973 to 1993 to control the banana weevil. Due to persistent soil contamination and...
