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Survey to Assess the Availability of Iodine Tablets to Residents Living Near the Bugey Nuclear Power Plant, September 1998
Fission products from nuclear reactors are released into the environment in gaseous form. Radioactive iodine isotopes can be inhaled and accumulate in the thyroid gland, potentially...
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Predictive value and sensitivity of the Program for the Medicalization of Information Systems (PMSI) compared to cancer registries: application to thyroid cancer (1999–2000)
Background: Cancer registries track the number of new cases diagnosed among residents of a specific geographic area but cover only 13% of the French population. Estimating the national...
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Initial Assessment of the Follow-up of the Hemophilia Population in France (FranceCoag Cohort), 1994–2005
Introduction - As part of the FranceCoag Network project, a prospective cohort (the FranceCoag Cohort) of patients with inherited coagulation disorders (ICD) was launched in January 2003...
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National Registry Committee. Status as of January 1, 2001
"A registry is a continuous and comprehensive collection of personal data pertaining to one or more health events within a defined geographic population, maintained for research and...
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Thyroid Cancer in France and the Chernobyl Disaster: Assessment of Potential Risks and Recommendations for Improving Epidemiological Knowledge
An increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer has been observed in the general population in France for more than 20 years. The Chernobyl accident on April 26, 1986, was responsible for...
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Analysis of Methods for Developing Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs): A Guide to Selection?
Currently, when conducting a quantitative health risk assessment, the selection of toxicological reference values (TRVs) relies little on an understanding of the methods used to develop...
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Epidemiology in environmental health: a methodological framework with multiple applications that is closely linked to that of health risk assessment
Air pollution, waste incineration, the accident at the AZF plant in Toulouse: what are the health risks? How can we assess, monitor, and evaluate policies designed to reduce them? This...
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A National Epidemiological Surveillance System for Thyroid Cancers: Why and How?
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Accidents Involving Exposure to Blood Among Midwives in French Maternity Wards. Results of the 2003 National Surveillance Study
Objective. The midwifery profession is one of the highest-risk occupations for accidental exposure to blood (AEB). Using data from the national AEB surveillance database, we aimed to...
