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Life Trajectories and Risk-Taking Among Women Who Use Drugs
In France, the majority of drug users are male. Among them, little is known about the profiles and behaviors of women. Between 2004 and 2007, the ANRS-Coquelicot survey, combining...
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Comparison of Cancer Mortality Rates in the French West Indies and Metropolitan France, 1983–2002
Introduction - The objective of this study is to present observed data on cancer deaths in the French West Indies and their trends between 1983 and 2002, in comparison with the situation...
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An Update on Toxicological Reference Values
The first toxicological reference values (TRVs) were introduced in the 1950s, along with the concept of acceptable daily intake. There are two types of TRVs: those established for...
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Musculoskeletal disorders of the limbs. Their prevalence continues to rise
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Epidemiology: A Tool for Surveillance and Decision-Making in Environmental Health
In 1995, G. Taubes’s article, “Epidemiology Faces Its Limits,” made a significant impact on the epidemiology community. Despite this prediction, epidemiology continues to find numerous...
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Retrospective survey of cancer cases from 1994 to 2002 in the vicinity of the Gilly-sur-Isère municipal waste incineration plant
Background: The retrospective study of cancer incidence around the Gilly-sur-Isère incinerator (Savoie, France)—initiated amid a crisis following its closure in late 2001—aimed to...
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Recent trends in Clostridium difficile gastrointestinal infections
Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus responsible for 15 to 25% of cases of post-antibiotic diarrhea and more than 95% of cases of pseudomembranous...
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Prevalence of Antibiotic Treatment in Healthcare Facilities, France, 2006
The antibiotic component of the 2006 national survey on the prevalence of nosocomial infections aimed to describe the antibiotics prescribed in healthcare facilities. Conducted on a...
