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Characteristics of influenza-related mortality during the 2009–2010 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in France
Introduction - This article compares the demographic and medical characteristics of influenza-related deaths during the 2009–2010 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic with those of seasonal...
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Childhood lead poisoning: improvement in the time to return to an acceptable blood lead level among children treated in the Île-de-France region between 1992 and 2006
Introduction - The objective of this study was to assess whether the time required to return to an acceptable blood lead level (Pb) had improved over time, regardless of the severity of...
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Prostate Cancer and Environmental Exposure to Pesticides in the French West Indies
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Knowledge and practices related to HIV testing
With nearly 25 million people infected, the African continent continues to bear the heaviest burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In France, people from sub-Saharan Africa are not spared by...
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Epidemiological Surveillance of Tuberculosis in Gironde (France), 1995–2008: The Benefits of Networking
Tuberculosis surveillance in Gironde is carried out through a network that has gradually taken shape over the past fifteen years. The goal was to improve the completeness of mandatory...
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Hospitalizations for follow-up care and rehabilitation in France following a stroke in 2007
Objectives - The objectives of this study were to estimate the proportion of patients admitted to acute care and rehabilitation (ACR) units following a stroke and to describe how this...
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The Eradication of Polio: Where Do We Stand in 2010?
Twenty years after the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the number of endemic countries has fallen from 125 in 1988 to four in 2008 (Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and...
