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Using metropolitan agricultural censuses to cross-reference with Matphyto crop-exposure matrices: how can we identify farms that grow grapes professionally?
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Feasibility study on reconstituting the cohort of agricultural workers exposed to chlordecone in Martinique and Guadeloupe. National Chlordecone Plans 1 and 2
Chlordecone is an organochlorine pesticide that was used between 1973 and 1993 in the French West Indies to control the banana weevil. Persistent in the environment, it is a possible...
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Survey of Farming Practices and Food Consumption in Community Gardens in the Belfort Metropolitan Area (Franche-Comté)
The consumption of fruits and vegetables grown in private gardens is an important factor in assessing health risks associated with contaminated sites and soils. However, little is...
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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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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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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...
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Multiple occupational exposures to carcinogens among employees in 2010
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Estimating the proportion of cancers attributable to specific occupational exposures in France: Using the job-exposure matrices developed as part of the Matgéné program
