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International Classification of Diseases: Reference Lists for the Analysis of Causes of Death from Trauma in France
Introduction - The objectives of this study are to provide a list of codes from the Tenth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) that can be used to describe...
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Epidemiological Investigations in the Workplace: Some Basics for Occupational Physicians
Epidemiology has taken on a prominent role in workplace research. Occupational physicians do not always have all the tools needed to understand the fundamentals of epidemiological...
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Epidemiological surveillance of cancer: What system should be used for national surveillance?
In France, the fight against cancer is a top public health priority. This involves, in particular, improving the epidemiological surveillance system, which is one of the seventy measures...
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Cancer epidemiology
Accounting for 28% of all deaths, cancer is the second leading cause of death in France. Partly due to the aging population, new cases have increased by 36% over the past 20 years, but...
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Incorporating the dermal route into quantitative health risk assessments in environmental health
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Calculating person-years with SAS and SMR calculations: an introduction to a simple program for performing accurate calculations
Calculating standardized incidence (or mortality) ratios or performing Poisson regression requires counting the person-years (p-y) generated during the follow-up of a cohort. Several...
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Narcotics Anonymous, a lay-led program in the field of addictive behaviors focused on recovery, emotional management, and community support
In France, the model for treating substance users is currently dominated by the harm reduction paradigm. Narcotics Anonymous groups offer their members an alternative approach based on...
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Genotypic diversity of rotavirus infections in children presenting to pediatric emergency departments in France between 2006 and 2009
Introduction - Rotaviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children. In the context of vaccination, careful prospective surveillance is required to monitor and...
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Incidence of childhood cancers in France: data from national pediatric registries, 2000–2004
Since 1990, the surveillance of childhood cancers in France has been carried out by the National Registry of Malignant Hematological Diseases in Children (RNHE) and, since 2000, by the...