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Estimating the proportion of cancers attributable to specific occupational exposures in France. Use of job-exposure matrices developed as part of the Matgéné program
Occupational diseases, most of which are nonspecific, represent a significant burden in France; yet there are few recent French studies that provide quantitative data on this issue. It...
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Investigation into a suspected cluster of pediatric cancers in a wine-growing town in Gironde. June 2013
In February 2013, the Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (ARS) was contacted regarding pesticide spraying near a school and a suspected spatiotemporal cluster of pediatric cancers in a...
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Exposure of Pregnant Women to Environmental Pollutants in France in 2011. Perinatal Component of the National Biomonitoring Program Conducted Within the ELFE Cohort - Volume 1: Organic Pollutants
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...
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Launch of a tool to help track agricultural pesticide exposure in France
The recent Inserm collective review highlights the presumption of a link between prolonged exposure to pesticides and the development of certain diseases. Understanding exposure patterns...
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Tools to assist in assessing occupational exposure: the job-exposure matrices on the Exp-Pro portal
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Exp-Pro: a web portal dedicated to assessing occupational exposure
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Multiple occupational exposures to carcinogens among employees in 2010
Occupational factors that may increase the risk of cancer are often studied in isolation from one another, even though multiple exposure to carcinogens is a reality. Multiple exposure to...
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Assessment of the feasibility of using crop-exposure matrices to estimate exposure to pesticides in a cohort of agricultural workers
Introduction: There is a major challenge in determining pesticide exposure among agricultural workers. This is due to the wide variety of plant protection products (PPPs) used on a...
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Prevalence of arsenic-based pesticide exposure among winegrowers between 1979 and 2001: the Matphyto project
Retrospective assessment of agricultural workers’ exposure to pesticides is essential for understanding and establishing links between their occupational activities throughout their...
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Using metropolitan agricultural censuses for cross-referencing with Matphyto crop-exposure matrices: what population data are available?
