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A study of the spatial distribution of cancers potentially linked to soil contamination by organochlorine pesticides in Martinique.
For more than 20 years, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), primarily chlordecone, were used in Martinique to control the banana weevil. Scientific uncertainties regarding the health...
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A Study of the Incidence of Leptospirosis in the Ardennes Department, France, 1996–2005
Introduction - The Ardennes department has one of the highest annual incidence rates of leptospirosis in metropolitan France. This study, conducted at the request of the Departmental...
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Risk Assessment Studies in Vincennes, 2001–2004: An Approach Used to Assess Health Risks Associated with a Neighborhood’s Environment in Light of Its Industrial History.
Environmental studies and investigations were conducted following reports of a cluster of pediatric cancers in a neighborhood of Vincennes, which is partly located on a former industrial...
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The Pediatric Cancer Consortium in Vincennes: The Role of the Scientific Committee from 2001 to 2006—A Clash Between Social Expectations and Scientific Expertise.
Following reports in 1999 of a cluster of childhood cancers among students attending a school built on a former industrial site, epidemiological and environmental studies initially ruled...
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Cluster of pediatric cancer cases in Vincennes: epidemiological studies.
Three cases of childhood cancer occurred between 1995 and 1999 at a preschool built on a former industrial brownfield site in Vincennes (Val-de-Marne). An initial assessment in 2000 had...
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Editorial. Toward Shared Expertise Approaches.
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Health indicators among middle and high school students in Val-de-Marne, France, in 2005: overweight, dental caries, and risk of depression
Objective: To identify the socioeconomic factors associated with overweight, risk of depression, or dental caries among adolescents. Method: In 2005, a representative sample (n=960) of...
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Cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, August 1999
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Prevalence and Longitudinal Trends in Disabilities Among School-Age Children
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Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis among French travelers (N=3,446) departing from Paris for 8 tropical destinations
