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Exposure of the Caribbean population to chlordecone and certain organochlorine compounds in 2013–2014: The Kannari Study
The Kannari Study: Health, Nutrition, and Exposure to Chlordecone in the French West Indies includes a "contamination" component whose objectives are to describe the contamination of the...
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2006 Heat Wave and Health Alert System. (Sacs 2006). Operational Report
The purpose of this report is to present the 2006 version of the heat wave and health alert system. The basis of this system remains the same as that used during its first summer of...
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Evaluation of the Heat Wave and Health System (SACS) for the Summer of 2004
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2005 Heat Wave and Health Alert System (SACS 2005). Operational Report
The purpose of this report is to present the 2005 version of the heat wave and health alert system. The system remains based on the same principles that were in place during its first...
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Health in France. Cost Estimates. Examples of Heat Waves and Floods
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French cohort of patients with bleeding disorders caused by inherited deficiencies in coagulation proteins. Francecoag Network. Descriptive data for 2005
We present here the first descriptive analysis of the French cohort of patients with inherited coagulation protein deficiencies, the result of close collaboration between healthcare...
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Hygiene Practices and HCV Screening in Hemodialysis. A Questionnaire Survey
Following an investigation into an outbreak of 22 cases of HCV infection that occurred at a hemodialysis center in southern France in 2001, the Minister of Health asked the French...
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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities in France. BMR-Raisin Network. 2009 Results
Controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in healthcare facilities has been a priority of the national program to combat nosocomial infections since the mid-1990s,...
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Antibiotic resistance in commensal bacteria isolated from pig farmers. France 2001
The explosive rise in bacterial resistance is a consequence of the widespread use of antibiotics in humans, animals, and agriculture. Food of animal origin is a proven source of...
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Glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (GISA). In hospitals in France, 2000–2001
The presence of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) strains isolated from hospitalized patients in France was reported to the French Institute for Public Health...