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Outbreak of scarlet fever and strep throat. Hautes-Alpes and Bouches-du-Rhône, 2007
In response to an ongoing scarlet fever outbreak among children and adults at a vacation center in the Hautes-Alpes region, located in the town of Marignane (Bouches-du-Rhône), and the...
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Samotrace - Medical and Administrative Component. Rhône and Isère Departments. Interim Results at One Year
Since November 2006, medical consultants in the Rhône and Isère departments (General Social Security and the Agricultural Social Mutual Fund (MSA)) have been participating in the...
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Evaluation of a nutritional guidance and counseling program provided by occupational physicians to overweight or obese employees in Upper Normandy
The Haute-Normandie region implemented a nutritional counseling and guidance initiative as part of the National Nutrition and Health Program. The initiative was carried out by...
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Factors Associated with Breastfeeding of Infants Up to 6 Months of Age in the Maternity Ward at Antoine-Béclère Hospital, Clamart
Objectives: While various national and local public health initiatives are being implemented to improve breastfeeding rates and duration in France, we conducted a study to identify the...
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The recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 2008–2010 Chlordecone Action Plan regarding the exposure of the Caribbean population to chlordecone.
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Organochlorine Pesticides and Cancer: Contributions of Epidemiological Studies to the Assessment and Management of Health Risks in the Caribbean.
Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide formerly used in banana plantations, contaminates soil, water, and certain plant and animal food sources in Guadeloupe and Martinique....
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A study of the spatial distribution of cancers potentially linked to soil contamination by organochlorine pesticides in Martinique.
For more than 20 years, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), primarily chlordecone, were used in Martinique to control the banana weevil. Scientific uncertainties regarding the health...
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A Study of the Incidence of Leptospirosis in the Ardennes Department, France, 1996–2005
Introduction - The Ardennes department has one of the highest annual incidence rates of leptospirosis in metropolitan France. This study, conducted at the request of the Departmental...
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Carbon monoxide poisonings reported to the surveillance system, Central Region, 2006
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Study of Health Risks Associated with the Operation of the Cacem Household Waste Incineration Plant (Martinique)
In Martinique, the 2002 launch of the Cacem waste-to-energy plant at the Trompeuse site in Fort-de-France raised concerns among some local residents, as well as among employees working...
