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Transparency at the risk of misunderstanding. Misunderstanding: a limit to transparency policy
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) has been entrusted by law with an increasingly prominent and urgent mission: to monitor the health of the population and...
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Thyroid status and prevalence of thyroid disorders among adults included in the SU.VI.MAX study in 1994–1995
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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...
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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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Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in France in 1999
In France, two data sources—mandatory reporting and the EPIBAC hospital laboratory network—make it possible to track trends in the incidence of bacterial meningitis (BM) and to...
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Epidemiological surveillance of thyroid cancer
Facts and rumors have circulated regarding the potential health consequences of the 1986 Chernobyl accident. Thyroid cancers, in particular, have been a topic of debate. Were they on...
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Emerging infectious diseases: public health significance, epidemiological aspects, determinants, and prevention
In the late 1970s, there was talk of "the end of infectious diseases." With the emergence of AIDS and the discovery of new infectious agents, the "return of infectious diseases" was...
