To combat carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, which causes approximately 100 deaths and several thousand hospitalizations each year, a national CO poisoning surveillance system has been...

Objectives - The aim of this study was to describe the reasons for participating or not participating in organized (OD) or individual (ID) breast cancer screening. Methods - This...

Objectives - To propose clinical and bio-clinical scores predictive of diabetes in the French population. Method - The study included 1,863 men and 1,954 women (D.E.S.I.R. cohort), aged...

The National Expert Committee on Maternal Mortality is composed of experts in obstetrics and gynecology, anesthesiologists, midwives, and epidemiologists. Established in 1996, its...

Introduction - In July 2006, a major heat wave was observed in France. Methods - A model linking daily fluctuations in mortality and temperatures was developed based on data from the...

Introduction - The French Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction assessed tobacco-related policies and practices in French high schools through two rounds of surveys, which...

Following the 1999 Consensus Conference on the medical monitoring of individuals exposed to asbestos, a pilot study was conducted in four regions (Aquitaine, Upper Normandy, Lower...

Assessing the prevalence of COPD requires spirometry, as clinical findings alone are insufficient for diagnosis. Consequently, available data are limited: the widespread use of...

Introduction: In France, an estimated 500,000 adults are chronically infected with viral hepatitis B or C, and nearly half of them are unaware of their serostatus. Strengthening...