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Accidents resulting in hospitalization during physical and sports activities. Patients treated in the emergency departments of Côte-d'Or between April 2008 and March 2009, and an assessment of their health status one year later
When engaging in physical and sports activities, beyond the well-known health benefits, accidents, hospitalizations, long-term complications, and even deaths can occur. A study was...
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Vaccination Coverage Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes in Burgundy and Franche-Comté. 2011 Survey Report
Objective. After assessing pneumococcal and tetanus vaccination coverage among residents of long-term care facilities during the winter of 2008–2009, a study re-measured these...
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Q Fever Outbreak at a Meat Processing Plant, Maine-et-Loire, February 2009
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Challenges in the epidemiological monitoring of employees by occupational health services in the Pays-de-la-Loire region
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Interdisciplinary management of an unexplained cluster of symptoms among staff at a school in Brittany, October 2010–June 2011. Implementation of the approach outlined in a new technical guide
In early October 2010, health authorities were called upon to "address health issues" affecting teachers at a school in Brittany: fatigue, migraines, and upper respiratory tract...
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Mortality from accidents in daily life among children under 15 years of age, MAC-15. Feasibility study in three regions of France in 2009
Accidents in daily life (ADL) are the leading cause of death among children under 15: 236 children (source: CépiDc) died from an ADL in mainland France in 2009. These mortality data do...
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Assessment of the Short- and Long-Term Health Impacts of Urban Air Pollution in the Metropolitan Areas of Montpellier, Nîmes, and Perpignan. Languedoc-Roussillon, 2007–2009
In addition to oxygen (O₂) and nitrogen (N₂), which account for about 99% of its composition, air may also contain air pollutants: particulate matter (PM), ozone (O₃), carbon monoxide...
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Excess mortality associated with the emergency evacuation of elderly residents in care facilities following the 2010 floods in the Var
On June 15, 2010, the eastern part of the Var department was hit by severe flooding. A nursing home had to carry out an emergency evacuation and relocate 140 residents to other care...
