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Assessing Radon Risks in Regions: Raising Awareness Among Stakeholders About a Little-Known Public Health Issue.
We spend 90% of our lives indoors, and radon is recognized as a carcinogen. In France, however, even among potential stakeholders in radon management, there remains debate regarding its...
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Strengthening France’s national cancer surveillance system: the implementation of the Multi-Source Cancer System (SMSC).
The Multi-Source Cancer System (SMSC) is a government initiative whose development has been entrusted to the InVS. It aims to strengthen the cancer surveillance system based on...
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Reports of cancer clusters: How are they investigated?
The purpose of this article is to provide a framework for explaining how reports of cancer clusters emerge, to outline the investigative approach, and to highlight its limitations,...
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Epidemiology of Maternal Deaths in France, 2001–2006.
Introduction - The National Confidential Survey on Maternal Mortality (ENCMM) aims to compile data on all maternal deaths in order to draw general conclusions about the quality of care....
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Epidemiological surveillance of ciguatera in French Polynesia.
While ciguatera is little known in northern latitudes, this foodborne illness remains a persistent public health problem with significant economic consequences for several tropical...
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Severe Enterobacter sakazakii infections in newborns who consumed powdered infant formula, France, October–December 2004.
Enterobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic bacterium responsible for serious infections, particularly in premature or low-birth-weight newborns: necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis, or...
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Estimate of the number of adult women who have undergone female genital mutilation living in France
Today, 200 million women worldwide have undergone some form of female genital mutilation (FGM). While these practices have historically been more widespread on the African continent,...
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Epidemiology of Leprosy in New Caledonia from 1983 to 2017
New Caledonia (NC) is a French overseas collectivity in the Asia-Pacific region where leprosy is still present. Epidemiological surveillance of cases reported from 1983 to 2017 recorded...
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Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, No. 21
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The health of migrants, their experiences of exile, and the violence they have endured: a challenge for the entire healthcare system [Editorial]
