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Deaths of French nationals while abroad and their causes.
Monitoring the impact of trips abroad on the health of the French population represents a new dimension of health surveillance. Today, every year, more than 20% of the adult French...
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Breast cancer screening: What do we know today about the expected benefits?
This document follows a series of articles published in several French newspapers and journals during the first half of 2006 that questioned the benefits of breast cancer screening. The...
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Organized Breast Cancer Screening Program: Trends in Early Indicators.
This article presents the 2000 results of the evaluation of early indicators for France’s organized breast cancer screening program and trends from 1989 to 2000: impact indicators,...
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Evaluation of the organized breast cancer screening program in the Isère department.
In late 1990, the department of Isère launched an organized cancer screening program (for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers) targeting women aged 50 to 69. An evaluation of the...
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Breast cancer mortality in departments that have implemented an organized breast cancer screening program since 1990.
The objective of this study is to describe trends (1978–1999) in breast cancer mortality among the general population in the ten departments with long-standing organized screening...
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Editorial. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
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Investigation into SARS in France.
On behalf of the group responsible for the management, surveillance, and investigation of SARS, the author presents the national epidemiological surveillance system for SARS cases: case...
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Premature cancer mortality: a uniquely French phenomenon?
In this article, the authors analyze mortality data from 1980 to 1999. The primary objective of the study is to assess the role of cancer among public health issues, using data on...
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Cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases linked to the Sarlat Hospital, 2002
This article describes the investigation that followed the reporting of four cases of Legionnaires' disease by the Sarlat Hospital to the Dordogne Departmental Health and Social Services...
