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A New System for Monitoring Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. InVS Scientific Conference, Paris, December 3–4, 2002
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Validity of the diagnostic test for carbon monoxide poisoning using exhaled CO measurements. InVS Scientific Conference, Paris, December 3–4, 2002
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Assessment of the health and environmental impacts of industrial cadmium pollution around the TLM site in Marseille’s 15th arrondissement
Cadmium pollution was detected in August 1999 in the Saint-Louis neighborhood of Marseille. The source of this pollution was the company Tréfileries et Laminoirs de la Méditerranée...
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A Study of an Apparent Cluster of Crohn's Disease Cases in Indre-et-Loire, 1990–1999
Background: Following the diagnosis of four cases of Crohn’s disease (CD) between 1990 and 1997 among children living in Canton A of Indre-et-Loire, the local population raised...
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Vaccination coverage in French Guiana in 2000. Trends in vaccination coverage among children and adolescents living in the coastal region between 1991 and 2000. Yellow fever vaccination coverage among the population living in the coastal region. Vaccinati
Rapid population growth, significant population movements, and difficulties in accessing healthcare in French Guiana make it essential to regularly assess vaccination coverage and...
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Experimental network for the epidemiological surveillance of musculoskeletal disorders in the Pays de la Loire region. Surveillance of carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population of Maine-et-Loire in 2002
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) encompass a range of periarticular conditions affecting the soft tissues (muscles, tendons, nerves, blood vessels, and cartilage) of the limbs and back....
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The 2001 syphilis epidemic in Guadeloupe: a link to social vulnerability and crack cocaine use
Venereal syphilis, which has been on the decline for the past twenty years in developed countries, has reached low incidence rates of less than 5 per 100,000. Some of these countries,...
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Assessment of the Coverage of the Meningococcal Infection Surveillance System in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 1997–1998
Mandatory reporting (MR) of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) serves two purposes: to initiate prophylaxis among contacts of a case and to study the characteristics of the disease....
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Community-associated clusters of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6, Nice, France, January–February 2002
On February 22, 2002, the National Legionella Reference Center (CNR) reported to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) that the laboratory at the Nice Hospital...
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Surveillance of the West Nile virus in France in 2001
During the summer of 2000, cases of West Nile virus (WNV)-associated encephalitis were identified in horses in the Montpellier region. Very quickly, surveillance was established to...
