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Air Pollution and Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases, and for Cancers in the Étang de Berre Region, 2004–2007
The area surrounding the Étang de Berre is a densely populated region where numerous industrial facilities have been established for over 50 years. The Fos-Étang de Berre area is thus...
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Assessment of the Health Impacts of Urban Air Pollution, Metz. Trois Vallées Air Quality Protection Plan, 2011. Short- and Long-Term Impacts
This health impact study on air pollution was conducted using the InVS methodological guide. Initially requested for the Metz-Thionville metropolitan area as part of the Trois Vallées...
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Assessment of the Health Impact of Urban Air Pollution on the Nancy Metropolitan Area, 2011. Short- and Long-Term Impacts
This assessment was conducted as part of the Air Quality Protection Plan (PPA), which sets out guidelines aimed at preventing, reducing, or mitigating the effects of air pollution. It...
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Les Bourdenières School District in the municipality of Chenôve (population 21,300): Assessment of health risks associated with wood-preserving chemicals
As part of a campaign to measure pesticide levels in ambient air conducted in August 2007 by the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Afsset) in three schools...
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Epidemiological Surveillance Network for Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Pays de la Loire Region. 2007 Results from the Cosali Cohort of Employees in the Loire Region on the Long-Term Outcomes of Employees with Shoulder Musculoskeletal Disorders in 2002–
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Investigation of a non-infectious outbreak at a nursing home in Barentin (Seine-Maritime). March 2010
On Monday, March 15, 2010, the manager of a real estate company in Barentin (Seine-Maritime) contacted the regional health authorities to seek guidance on managing a scabies outbreak in...
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Investigation into a suspected cluster of cancers in Draveil (Essonne)
The occurrence of several cases of cancer among students and parents of students attending schools in Belvédère (municipality of Draveil, Essonne) in recent years has raised questions...
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Investigation into a suspected cluster of cancers in Draveil (Essonne)
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The Health Effects of Environmental Exposure to Asbestos: A Summary of Studies Conducted by the InVS
Environmental exposure to asbestos, long overshadowed by the issue of occupational exposure, has a health impact that is still difficult to quantify but very real. The French Institute...
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A Study of the Spatial Distribution of Cancers Potentially Linked to Soil Pollution by Organochlorine Pesticides in Martinique
For more than 20 years, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), primarily chlordecone, were used in Martinique to control the banana weevil. Scientific uncertainties regarding the health...
