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Assessment of the health impacts of urban air pollution. The Angoulême, Niort, and Poitiers metropolitan areas. Short- and long-term impacts
The assessment of the health impacts of air pollution on the urban areas of Angoulême, Poitiers, and Niort presented in this report is fully in line with the guidelines of the...
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Updates to the 2010 Vaccination Schedule and European Immunization Week. Editorial
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Surveillance Program for Occupational Diseases (OCD) in the Poitou-Charentes Region. Results for 2007
In 2006, the Poitou-Charentes region became the third region to participate in the occupational disease surveillance program (MCP) developed by the Department of Occupational Health...
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The 2010 Vaccination Schedule and Recommendations, as recommended by the High Council for Public Health
The Act of August 9, 2004, on public health policy, which established the High Council for Public Health (HCSP), states that "vaccination policy is developed by the Minister of Health,...
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Factors influencing tetanus vaccination coverage among adults in France and awareness of vaccination status
Objectives: Fifteen to 20 cases of tetanus are reported annually in France. The latest data showed that only 62% of adults were up to date with this vaccination. We investigated the...
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The Burden of Colorectal Cancer in France in 2005: Estimates of Its Prevalence and the Number of Patients Requiring Care
Introduction - The objective of this study was to estimate, in addition to the overall and specific prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC), the prevalence of patients requiring follow-up...
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National Survey on the Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections, France, June 2006. Volume 1: Methods, Results, and Outlook
The 2006 National Prevalence Survey (ENP) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) aimed to measure the prevalence on a given day and to describe the characteristics of HAIs and...
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Characteristics of pediatric hospitalizations for asthma exacerbations
In France, half of all asthma-related hospitalizations involve children, and while hospitalization rates are declining among adults, they remain stable among children. Most...
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Reported cases of dengue fever in mainland France, 2006–2008: a positive trend in reporting
Dengue is an arbovirus disease caused by a Flavivirus and transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, which have been present in certain departments in southeastern France since 2005....
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Asthma in France: A Summary of Descriptive Epidemiological Data
This article provides a summary of the most recent descriptive epidemiological data on asthma in France. The latest national surveys show a cumulative prevalence of asthma of over 10%...
