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Tuberculosis Prevention and Management in France. Summary and Recommendations of the Working Group of the French High Council for Public Health (2002–2003)
Summary and recommendations of the working group of the French High Council for Public Health (2002–2003) regarding the tuberculosis situation in France.
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Hospitalizations for asthma in mainland France, 1998–2002. Analysis based on PMSI data
Asthma is a common condition that affects approximately 10% of children and more than 5% of adults in France. Nearly 1,500 deaths attributable to asthma were recorded in 2002. The...
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Association between urban air pollution and hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases: results from the PSAS-9 program. ADELF/EPITER Epidemiology Conference, Dijon, August 30–31 and September 1, 2006
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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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Proposal for a study on acute encephalitis in non-HIV patients in mainland France
Encephalitis is a serious condition whose management is complicated by the frequent lack of an etiological diagnosis. While chronic post-infectious complications are well documented,...
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Commentary. Vehicle-related air pollution and mortality rate projections. Special issue. Long-term effects of air pollution: North American studies
This article is a commentary on the following study: Finkelstein MM, Jerrett M, Sears MR. Traffic air pollution and mortality rate advancement periods. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Jul...
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Commentary. Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on lung development in children in Southern California. Special Issue. Long-term effects of air pollution: North American studies
This article is a commentary on the following two studies: Gauderman WJ, Gilliland GF, Vora H, Avol E, Stram D, McConnell R, Thomas D, Lurmann F, Margolis HG, Rappaport EB, Berhane K,...
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Commentary. Association between deaths from coronary heart disease and ambient particulate air pollution: Are women at greater risk? Special Issue. Long-term effects of air pollution: North American studies
This article is a commentary on the following study: Chen LH, Knutsen SF, Shavlik D, Beeson WL, Petersen F, Ghamsary M, Abbey D. The association between fatal coronary heart disease and...
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The Role of Antiviral Drugs in Combating an Influenza Pandemic. Insights from Recent Modeling Studies. Summary prepared by the “Epidemiology” Group, InVS–Inserm, November 2005
The threat of an influenza pandemic has led many countries to build up stockpiles of antiviral drugs, particularly oseltamivir, which can be used both for prevention and treatment....
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Commented analysis. Links between particulate matter pollution and mortality in the Six Cities Cohort (Harvard Six-Cities Study): reanalysis of the original results and supplementary analyses. Special issue. Long-term effects of air pollution: North Ameri
This article is a commentary on the following three studies: Villeneuve PJ, Goldberg MS, Krewski D, Burnett RT, Chen Y. Fine particulate air pollution and all-cause mortality within the...
