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Imported cholera cases: findings from surveillance of mandatory reports and assessment of the risk of secondary transmission in mainland France. Public Health Surveillance Conference, Paris, November 29–30, 2007
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More humanity and less stress for call center agents.
Valérie Charmois, an occupational physician at an inter-company health service in Bordeaux, participated—along with fourteen of her colleagues—in a study on stress among call center...
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Brief alcohol interventions are effective in occupational health: Initial results from the EIST study.
Brief interventions (BI) are highly effective in reducing the health burden associated with alcohol, but to date, no study has evaluated their effectiveness in occupational health...
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Occupational Diseases in Aquitaine. Results from the "2007" two-week period
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Evaluation of Surveillance for Typical and Post-Diarrheal Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome in France, 1996–2003
In France, surveillance of infections caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is based on monitoring typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in children under the age of 15. This...
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Outbreak of foodborne illness linked to the consumption of oysters from the Île de Ré, France, December 2003
On December 24, 2003, the InVS was notified by Ifremer of foodborne illness outbreaks attributed to the consumption of oysters in the Vendée and Seine-Maritime departments. On the same...
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Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever in France in 2001
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever are notifiable diseases. This article describes the main epidemiological characteristics of 92 cases reported in France in 2001: incidence rates in France...
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Surveillance of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Children Under 15 Years of Age in France, 2001
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is the leading cause of acute kidney injury in children aged 1 month to 3 years. In France, a surveillance system for pediatric HUS was established in...
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Acute Hepatitis A in France in 2006. The first year of surveillance through mandatory reporting.
Given its epidemic potential, its potential severity in adults, and the availability of an effective vaccine, hepatitis A warranted a national surveillance system. In November 2005,...
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Post-occupational Surveillance Program for Tradespeople Exposed to Asbestos (Espri). Interim Report on the Pilot Phase. September 2005–February 2007
In France, between 11,000 and 23,000 of the 280,000 new cancer cases diagnosed each year are believed to be caused by occupational carcinogens. Although these cancers most often develop...
