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Commented analysis. Short-term effects of air pollution on hospital admissions for respiratory causes: the case of people aged 65 and older. Special issue. Air pollution and older adults: risk assessment
This article is a commentary on the following study: Schwartz J. Short-term fluctuations in air pollution and hospital admissions of the elderly for respiratory disease. Thorax. May...
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What tests are recommended for an asymptomatic child who has been exposed to tuberculosis, has a positive tuberculin skin test (TST), and has a normal chest X-ray?
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Epidemiological Situation of Tuberculosis in the Île-de-France Region in 2001
In France, the incidence of tuberculosis has remained stable at around 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants since 1997. However, the Île-de-France region, which has the highest population...
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Human Rabies in France in 2004: Current Status and Management
Twenty people died of rabies in France between 1970 and 2003 (compared to 55,000 per year worldwide), with 80% of these deaths occurring upon return from a trip to Africa (the Maghreb...
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Cancer in France in 1995 and its trends over the past two decades
Estimates of cancer incidence in France in 1995 put the number of new cases at nearly 240,000. Fifty-six percent of these cancers occurred in men. Overall, cancer accounts for 27% of all...
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Recent cases of acute hepatitis C among HIV-positive gay men in the Ile-de-France region between 2001 and 2004
In March 2004, an infectious diseases department and a hepatology department in Paris reported to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) the recent occurrence of...
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Time Series and Regression Models: Applications to the Analysis of Short-Term Associations Between Air Pollution and Health
This guide will first address the definition of a time series and the analysis of its various components using examples (Chapter 2). Later in this chapter, we will introduce the concept...
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Mandatory reporting of acute hepatitis B: results from the first year of surveillance, France, March 1, 2003 – April 1, 2004
The authors present here cases of symptomatic acute hepatitis B reported between March 1, 2003, and March 1, 2004. These are the initial results of the implementation of a new mandatory...
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Genetic diversity of a rare genotype of the hepatitis A virus
Objective of the study. - Hepatitis A virus (HAV) genotype II is rarely isolated. Between 2002 and 2007, the National HAV Reference Center, as part of its surveillance program,...
