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A study of the spatial distribution of cancers potentially linked to soil contamination by organochlorine pesticides in Martinique.
For more than 20 years, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), primarily chlordecone, were used in Martinique to control the banana weevil. Scientific uncertainties regarding the health...
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A Study of the Incidence of Leptospirosis in the Ardennes Department, France, 1996–2005
Introduction - The Ardennes department has one of the highest annual incidence rates of leptospirosis in metropolitan France. This study, conducted at the request of the Departmental...
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Carbon monoxide poisonings reported to the surveillance system, Central Region, 2006
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Study of Health Risks Associated with the Operation of the Cacem Household Waste Incineration Plant (Martinique)
In Martinique, the 2002 launch of the Cacem waste-to-energy plant at the Trompeuse site in Fort-de-France raised concerns among some local residents, as well as among employees working...
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Scientific Committee on Pediatric Cancers in the Southern District of Vincennes. Summary of the studies conducted and the corresponding opinions of the Scientific Committee. June 2001 – December 2005
In late 1999, four cases of cancer were reported among children attending the Franklin Roosevelt preschool in Vincennes, built on a former Kodak industrial site. Three cases were...
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Suspected Cancer Cluster at the Meudon Observatory. Final Study Report
Staff at the Paris Observatory became aware of what they considered to be a high number of cancer cases among employees in one of the buildings at the Meudon site between 1995 and 2001....
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Boundaries of the area affected by asbestos grinding around the Comptoir des minéraux et matières premières, Aulnay-sous-Bois, 1938–70. Scientific Watch Days, November 29–30, 2006, Paris
Following reports of cases of mesothelioma and pleural plaques among former residents living near the Comptoir des minéraux et matières premières (CMMP), the Directorate General for...
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Short-term relationships between urban air pollution and home visits by SOS Médecins Bordeaux. Scientific Watch Days, November 29 and 30, 2006, Paris
The relationship between air pollution levels and morbidity is generally studied through hospital admissions, which represent only a portion of the morbidity that may be linked to...
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Clustered cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection linked to acupuncture procedures. Languedoc-Roussillon, 2008
In September 2008, an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was reported to the Gard Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs in a teenage girl whose only risk factor was...
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Risk Assessment Studies in Vincennes, 2001–2004: An Approach Used to Assess Health Risks Associated with a Neighborhood’s Environment in Light of Its Industrial History.
Environmental studies and investigations were conducted following reports of a cluster of pediatric cancers in a neighborhood of Vincennes, which is partly located on a former industrial...
