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A Comparison of Current Practices (2001–2003) with New Guidelines for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes. Who Should Be the Focus of Our Efforts, and What Should Those Efforts Entail?
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Launch of a systematic screening program for childhood lead poisoning in areas surrounding industrial sites
Background: Exposure of children to lead, even at low levels, can cause neurobehavioral and intellectual impairments. The consensus conference on lead poisoning in children aged 1 to 6...
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Lead Poisoning in Children: The Role of Surveillance and the Involvement of the IVS
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Renacoq: Surveillance of Pertussis in Hospitals in 2004
For more than 15 years, over 95% of 2-year-olds have received the three doses required for the primary pertussis vaccination series. The disease has become rare in children but persists...
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Study on the Screening for Childhood Lead Poisoning by Healthcare Professionals in Allier and Puy-de-Dôme, November 2005
Chronic lead poisoning (saturnism) most often leads to impaired cognitive function and developmental delays in children. Measuring blood lead levels is the gold standard for diagnosing...
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A Case of Pertussis Among Staff in a Maternity Ward: Managing a Public Health Alert
Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can be severe in unvaccinated newborns. Objectives. To investigate five clustered cases of pertussis among maternity ward staff...
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Description of cases of childhood lead poisoning occurring in 2005. Technical Note
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Renacoq: Surveillance of Pertussis in Hospitals in 2001
Since 1996, surveillance of the disease has been based on a metropolitan pediatric hospital network. Its objective is to monitor trends in severe cases of pertussis and to assess the...
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What to do if there is one or more cases of whooping cough
Changes in the epidemiology of pertussis, the introduction of new macrolides, the availability of new vaccines, and modifications to the vaccination schedule necessitate an update to the...
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Screening for childhood lead poisoning in France from 1995 to 2002
This report reviews childhood lead poisoning screening activities in mainland France during the period 1995–2002. It draws on data from the "National Surveillance System for Childhood...
