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Surveillance of occupational diseases through a network of occupational physicians
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Assessing the Health Impacts of Air Pollution: A Tool for Public Policy—Current Practices and Future Directions. Key Findings and Areas for Further Work from the First Aasqa-Cire Workshop Organized by the InVS on October 4, 2011
The Air and Health Surveillance Program (PSAS), coordinated by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS)—a public institution under the authority of the Ministry of...
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Identifying and Monitoring the Health Impacts of Climate Change to Adapt to Them [Editorial]
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What are the health impacts of climate change, and what role does surveillance play?
Climate observations and models provide a better understanding of current and future climate change. These changes could alter the environment, the factors determining exposure to...
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Will winter mortality rates decrease as a result of climate change?
It is well established that mortality rates are higher during the winter in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and that extreme temperatures during the summer can lead to...
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Management of extreme weather events: the need for an integrated and planned epidemiological response within the framework of health and social services.
Climate change is likely to result in an increase in extreme weather events in the future. Anticipating these events requires the establishment of a system to manage the crisis and its...
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Determinants of human infectious diseases in Europe: the influence of biodiversity and climate variability.
The incidence of infectious diseases has risen sharply in recent decades. The factors cited are generally those associated with ongoing global changes, including climate change, the loss...
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Box. Health Surveillance: Anticipating and Detecting Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Context of Climate Change.
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Mass histamine poisoning following consumption of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) among French military personnel in Senegal
Background - On November 26, 2010, several cases of scombrotoxin poisoning were detected among French military personnel stationed in Dakar, Senegal. This food poisoning, caused by high...
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Invasive meningococcal infections in France in 2010
Introduction - For more than twenty years, the annual incidence rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) has ranged between 1 and 2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The results of...
