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Incidence of childhood leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in France, 1990–1999
The French National Registry of Childhood Leukemias and Lymphomas (RNLE) was established in 1995 by Inserm Unit 170 in collaboration with French pediatric hematology-oncology treatment...
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Characteristics of women receiving menopausal hormone replacement therapy: a descriptive study of patients at health screening centers
The management of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause is a significant economic and public health issue. According to an epidemiological report published in 2002 by V. Ringa,...
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Focus on a forgotten disease: Lemierre's syndrome
In 1936, Lemierre described a series of deaths resulting from sepsis caused by a Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium: "Bacillus funduliformis." This disease primarily affects healthy young...
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The Situation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in France (1987–1995)
Diphtheria seemed to have disappeared from Europe. Now it has returned to our doorstep, just a two-hour flight from Paris, in all the countries of the former Soviet Union on the one...
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Trends in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in the Armed Forces
The reported data cover a 12-year period from 1983 to 1994. The epidemiological surveillance covers serologically confirmed syphilis, gonorrhea—which is most often diagnosed clinically...
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Drug-related deaths in the Île-de-France region
In collaboration with the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), the Paris Institute of Forensic Medicine conducted a study aimed at improving understanding...
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Cancer screening. The InVS evaluates organized screening programs
The 2003–2007 Cancer Plan identified a number of priority actions in the fight against cancer, foremost among which is access to high-quality screening. Early-stage screening increases...
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Building a Europe of Public Health
Given the realities of an open health area, coordinating responses at the European level is essential. A wide range of challenges arises, from harmonizing public health data among Member...
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Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals in southwestern France: a multicenter study from 1993 (C.C.L.I.N. Sud-Ouest laboratory network)
In February 1993, the C.C.L.I.N. (Regional Center for Infectious Diseases) working group for the Southwest, focusing on the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant bacteria, proposed...