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Factors Contributing to Best Practices in the External Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Qualitative Study, France, 2009.
While the value of the Hospital-Acquired Infection Reporting System (SIN) in terms of patient safety has been demonstrated, several evaluations have shown that its operation was not...
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Cluster of acute hepatitis B virus infections linked to acupuncture procedures, Languedoc-Roussillon (France), 2008
Introduction - In September 2008, an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was reported to the Gard Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs involving a teenage girl who...
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Study of Cancer Mortality and Incidence in the Vicinity of the Aube Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Repository
The objective of this epidemiological study is to describe the health status of the population living near the Soulaines Radioactive Waste Repository. It focuses on cancers diagnosed in...
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The Role of the Hospital Information System in Monitoring Surgical Site Infections: The Experience of the Quimper-Cornouaille Hospital Center, France.
Introduction - An information-system-based surveillance program for surgical site infections (SSIs) has been in place at the Quimper-Cornouaille Hospital Center since 2006. This study...
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Assessment of the Health Impact of Urban Air Pollution on the Nancy and Metz Metropolitan Areas
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Public Health Study of a Former Asbestos Grinding Plant: The Comptoir des Minéraux et Matières Premières in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis). Environmental Pollution Between 1938 and 1975: Health Impacts and Recommendations. Summary
In 1938, a company specializing in the grinding of minerals—and particularly asbestos ore—set up operations in the Paris suburbs. Its grinding operations, which generated noise and...
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National Survey on Unexpected Deaths of Infants Under 2 Years of Age
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Recommendations from the French National Authority for Health on the management of sudden infant death.
Recent conceptual developments regarding infant mortality in our country, based on statistical considerations, have prompted a necessary reevaluation of how such cases are managed from...
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Current epidemiological data on risk and protective factors in sudden infant death syndrome.
Numerous recent epidemiological studies have helped to better define the risk and protective factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Method - Review and analysis of the most...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: The Situation in 2005 and Trends Since 1975.
Introduction. This study presents the characteristics of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in 2005, its trends over the past 30 years, and its contribution to infant mortality....
