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Characteristics and health status of older adults with diabetes and their medical care: the 2001 Entred study.
Data from the French National Health Insurance system estimated the prevalence of treated diabetes at 11.2% among people aged 65 and older in France in 1998. As the French population...
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Prevalence of macrovascular complications and vascular risk levels among people with diabetes in France: the 2001 Entred study.
Nearly one in two people with diabetes dies from ischemic heart disease, and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease is twice as high in people with diabetes. Mortality from...
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Diabetes-related retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy in mainland France: screening, prevalence, and medical management, the 2001 Entred study.
Diabetic retinopathy, a microvascular complication of diabetes, is the leading cause of blindness in industrialized countries among people under the age of 65. Similarly, diabetic...
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The prevalence of HIV infection in France
Understanding the prevalence of HIV infection and its trends over time is essential for assessing the size of the viral reservoir in the population, forecasting and planning the...
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Health Effects of Air Pollution: The Air and Health Monitoring Program in 9 Cities
Objective: To quantify the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality and hospital admissions due to cardiovascular or respiratory causes in the nine cities (Bordeaux, Le Havre,...
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The Health Impact of Air Pollution: Questions and Answers. A Response to Jacques Estève’s Editorial
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Assessment of the Short-Term Health Impact of Urban Air Pollution: New Findings from Nine French Cities and Public Health Implications
Since 1997, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) has coordinated the Air and Health Surveillance Program—9 Cities (PSAS-9), whose objective is to assess and update...
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The Role of Air Pollution in Excess Mortality During the Summer of 2003. Proceedings of the ADELF Conference, September 15–17, 2004, Bordeaux
The extreme temperatures observed during the summer of 2003 were accompanied by a significant excess mortality rate, estimated at nearly 15,000 deaths in France between August 1 and 20....
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Urban particulate air pollution: from epidemiology to public health impacts
The occurrence of acute episodes of air pollution in the 1950s demonstrated to the general public the harmful effects that deteriorating air quality could have on health. Since then,...
