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Biomarker Assay in the Maternity Ward as Part of the ELFE Pilot Study (French Longitudinal Study from Childhood), October 2007
One method for assessing a child’s in utero exposure to environmental chemical pollutants is to measure the levels of biomarkers for these substances in biological samples collected at...
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Pesticides. Health Effects
Since the 1980s, epidemiological studies have suggested a link between occupational exposure to pesticides and the onset of various diseases (cancers, neurological disorders,...
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Exposure of the French Population to Environmental Chemicals: ENNS Study 2006–2007
The National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNS) made it possible, for the first time in France, to measure the exposure of the population living in metropolitan France in 2006–2007 by...
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Prevalence of Parkinson's disease among farmers and in the general population according to the agricultural characteristics of French departments
Objectives: The role of occupational exposure to pesticides in Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been well documented, but no study has assessed the excess risk of PD among the French...
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Investigation into a suspected cluster of pediatric cancers in a wine-growing town in Gironde. June 2013
In February 2013, the Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (ARS) was contacted regarding pesticide spraying near a school and a suspected spatiotemporal cluster of pediatric cancers in a...
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Exposure to alphachloralose (AC)-based rodenticides: a retrospective study of cases reported to French poison control centers (CAPTV) from 1999 to 2012
Objective: ANSES requested the Toxicovigilance Coordination Committee to describe human exposure to AC using cases collected by the CAPTV network in mainland France and in the overseas...
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Chlordecone: a well-known endocrine disruptor affecting the French West Indies
Chlordecone is an organochlorine insecticide that was used extensively in the French West Indies from 1973 to 1993 to control the banana weevil. Due to persistent soil contamination and...
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Assessment of Occupational Exposure Among the Working Population in France: Tools and Methods
Assessing occupational exposures and their trends over time is a critical component of any public health system for monitoring occupational risks. It involves examining not the...
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Occupational exposure of winegrowers to arsenic-based pesticides: prevalence of exposure between 1979 and 2000
Introduction: Arsenic-based pesticides, the only chemical solution used in viticulture until 2001 to control esca, are classified as definite carcinogens. Estimates of the number of...
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Occupational exposure to respiratory carcinogens among employees in 2010
Introduction: Respiratory cancers are the most common occupational cancers, but very little data is available to quantify occupational exposure to respiratory carcinogens. The objective...
