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Investigation of a resurgence of pertussis cases in the municipalities of Remire-Montjoly and Matoury, Cayenne Island, French Guiana
Background. The two vaccination coverage surveys conducted in French Guiana in 1990 and 2000 revealed insufficient pertussis vaccination coverage throughout the department. In the...
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A case of locally acquired Plasmodium vivax malaria was reported in Corsica, France, in August 2006.
A case of locally acquired Plasmodium vivax malaria was detected in Corsica in the summer of 2006. This is the first case of locally acquired malaria in Corsica since 1972. Corsica is a...
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Health Impact of the July 2006 Heat Wave in Languedoc-Roussillon
Since the heat wave of summer 2003, which caused 14,800 excess deaths between August 1 and 20, France has implemented a national heat wave plan, adapted to each department, designed to...
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Public Health Surveillance Following a Disaster: What Did We Learn from the AZF Factory Explosion? Conference Proceedings. Toulouse, October 20, 2006
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, in collaboration with the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Directorate for Health and Social Affairs and all partners of the AZF...
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Health Effects of the Explosion at the AZF Plant on September 21, 2001. Final Report on the One-Year Health Effects Among Workers and First Responders in the Toulouse Metropolitan Area
The explosion at the AZF factory in Toulouse is one of the most significant industrial disasters in France in recent decades. The consequences of this explosion were severe both in human...
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Experimental Network for the Epidemiological Surveillance of Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Pays de la Loire Region. Protocol for Workplace Surveillance (2002–2004)
When it comes to the epidemiological surveillance of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), the variety of definitions and methods used to track them makes it difficult to...
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Samotrace - "Workplace Epidemiology" Module: One-Year Interim Results (3,000 questionnaires). Centre, Pays de la Loire, and Poitou-Charentes regions
The "Workplace Epidemiology" component of the Samotrace project aims to describe mental health in the workplace using various indicators. It relies on the voluntary participation of...
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Estimating the number of years of life lost due to chronic exposure to urban air pollution: the case of Nantes
Background: During the development of regional air quality plans in France, assessments of the short-term health impacts of urban air pollution were conducted using exposure-risk...
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Outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to a sand yachting competition, Hermanville-sur-Mer, France, March 2006
Background - On March 29, 2006, the Calvados Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs was alerted to a cluster of gastroenteritis cases among sailors who had participated in...
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Trends in hospitalizations and emergency department visits for acute asthma in the Midi-Pyrénées region, France, from 1991 to 2004
Introduction - The purpose of this study is to describe recent trends in asthma-related mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits for acute asthma in the Midi-Pyrénées...
