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Commentary. Current Events. Association between mortality and traffic-related air pollution indicators in the Netherlands: a cohort study. Special Issue. Airport Areas
This article is a commentary on the following study: Hoek G, Brunekreef B, Goldbohm S, Fischer P, van den Brandt PA. Association between mortality and indicators of traffic-related air...
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Network for the Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (RAISIN). 2001 National Prevalence Survey. Results
A first national prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) was conducted in 830 healthcare facilities in 1996; the prevalence rate (PR) of HAIs was 7.6%. The objective...
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Commented analysis. Case-control study of the association between a cluster of childhood hematopoietic cancers and local environmental factors in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. Special issue. Airport areas
This article is a commentary on the following study: Mulder YM, Drijver M, Kreis IA. Case-control study on the association between a cluster of childhood hematopoietic malignancies and...
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Outbreak of foodborne illness caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O148:H8. Gironde, June 2002: Investigation Report
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) were recognized as human pathogens in the United States in 1982, following two outbreaks of bloody diarrhea linked to the consumption of...
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Monitoring Program. Air and Health. (PSAS-9). Estimating the long-term effects of urban air pollution on mortality: what criteria should be used to select a cohort?
One of the missions of the Air and Health Surveillance Program (PSAS-9) of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) is to develop and update exposure-risk models in the...
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Tuberculosis Prevention and Management in France. Summary and Recommendations of the Working Group of the French High Council for Public Health (2002–2003)
Summary and recommendations of the working group of the French High Council for Public Health (2002–2003) regarding the tuberculosis situation in France.
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Hospitalizations for asthma in mainland France, 1998–2002. Analysis based on PMSI data
Asthma is a common condition that affects approximately 10% of children and more than 5% of adults in France. Nearly 1,500 deaths attributable to asthma were recorded in 2002. The...
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Association between urban air pollution and hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases: results from the PSAS-9 program. ADELF/EPITER Epidemiology Conference, Dijon, August 30–31 and September 1, 2006
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A Case of Pertussis Among Staff in a Maternity Ward: Managing a Public Health Alert
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can be severe in unvaccinated newborns. Objectives. To investigate five clustered cases of pertussis among maternity ward staff...
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Proposal for a study on acute encephalitis in non-HIV patients in mainland France
Encephalitis is a serious condition whose management is complicated by the frequent lack of an etiological diagnosis. While chronic post-infectious complications are well documented,...
