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Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Adult Intensive Care Units. REA-Raisin Network, France, 2010 Results
Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in intensive care units is a priority because patients are at increased risk of infection due to their critical condition and...
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Assessing the Health Impacts of Air Pollution: A Tool for Public Policy—Current Practices and Future Directions. Key Findings and Areas for Further Work from the First Aasqa-Cire Workshop Organized by the InVS on October 4, 2011
The Air and Health Surveillance Program (PSAS), coordinated by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS)—a public institution under the authority of the Ministry of...
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Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Adult Intensive Care Units. REA-Raisin Network, France, 2010 Results. Appendices
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The Role of Urban Heat Islands in Excess Mortality During Heat Waves. Summary of Studies Conducted by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance on the August 2003 Heat Wave
The impacts of heat waves on mortality and morbidity are now well documented in France. Nearly 15,000 deaths were recorded during the 2003 heat wave, and nearly 2,000 during the 2006...
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Surveillance of bacterial antibiotic resistance in urban areas: the Labville network. Implementation of an automated system for collecting bacteriology data in private clinical laboratories, 2005–2009. Evaluation of a pilot study
To supplement the monitoring of antibiotic resistance in France, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) established in 2000 a network of 69 private outpatient...
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A review of the major studies and surveys conducted in France over the past five years that collect data in the field of nutrition
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Monitoring of health effects related to air pollution in urban areas
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Environmental exposure to asbestos among residents living near former industrial sites and natural outcrops. A case-control study based on data from the National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program
A case-control study was planned to assess the increased risk of pleural mesothelioma associated with environmental asbestos exposure among residents living near former industrial...
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Risk factors for sporadic community-acquired Legionnaires' disease in France
Background: Legionellosis is a recognized cause of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in adults and is associated with high mortality. Risk factors have primarily been identified...
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Surveillance of bacterial antibiotic resistance in urban areas: the Labville network. Implementation of an automated system for collecting bacteriology data in private clinical laboratories, 2005–2009. Evaluation of a pilot study
To supplement the monitoring of antibiotic resistance in France, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) established in 2000 a network of 69 private outpatient...
