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Scientific Committee on Pediatric Cancers in the Southern District of Vincennes. Summary of the studies conducted and the corresponding opinions of the Scientific Committee. June 2001 – December 2005
In late 1999, four cases of cancer were reported among children attending the Franklin Roosevelt preschool in Vincennes, built on a former Kodak industrial site. Three cases were...
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Suspected Cancer Cluster at the Meudon Observatory. Final Study Report
Staff at the Paris Observatory became aware of what they considered to be a high number of cancer cases among employees in one of the buildings at the Meudon site between 1995 and 2001....
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Boundaries of the area affected by asbestos grinding around the Comptoir des minéraux et matières premières, Aulnay-sous-Bois, 1938–70. Scientific Watch Days, November 29–30, 2006, Paris
Following reports of cases of mesothelioma and pleural plaques among former residents living near the Comptoir des minéraux et matières premières (CMMP), the Directorate General for...
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Short-term relationships between urban air pollution and home visits by SOS Médecins Bordeaux. Scientific Watch Days, November 29 and 30, 2006, Paris
The relationship between air pollution levels and morbidity is generally studied through hospital admissions, which represent only a portion of the morbidity that may be linked to...
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Clustered cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection linked to acupuncture procedures. Languedoc-Roussillon, 2008
In September 2008, an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was reported to the Gard Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs in a teenage girl whose only risk factor was...
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Risk Assessment Studies in Vincennes, 2001–2004: An Approach Used to Assess Health Risks Associated with a Neighborhood’s Environment in Light of Its Industrial History.
Environmental studies and investigations were conducted following reports of a cluster of pediatric cancers in a neighborhood of Vincennes, which is partly located on a former industrial...
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The Pediatric Cancer Consortium in Vincennes: The Role of the Scientific Committee from 2001 to 2006—A Clash Between Social Expectations and Scientific Expertise.
Following reports in 1999 of a cluster of childhood cancers among students attending a school built on a former industrial site, epidemiological and environmental studies initially ruled...
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Cluster of pediatric cancer cases in Vincennes: epidemiological studies.
Three cases of childhood cancer occurred between 1995 and 1999 at a preschool built on a former industrial brownfield site in Vincennes (Val-de-Marne). An initial assessment in 2000 had...
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Clusters of toxoplasmosis cases in Montpellier and the surrounding area, October 2008–January 2009
In late January 2009, the Languedoc-Roussillon regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance was notified by the Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory at the...
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Editorial. Toward Shared Expertise Approaches.
