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Breast Cancer Screening. Evaluation Report on Epidemiological Surveillance. Data from 2001 and 2002
The results of the French organized breast cancer screening program are presented according to the old guidelines for 2001 and 2002 and according to the new guidelines for 2002. Compared...
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The MATPHYTO Program: Crop-Exposure Matrices for Pesticides
The Matphyto program was launched as part of the development of job-exposure matrices (Matgéné program) within the Occupational Health Department of the French Institute for Public...
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National Breast Cancer Screening Program in France. 2005 Results
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Cancer screening. Breast cancer screening program in France. 2004 results
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Breast cancer screening: What do we know today about the expected benefits?
This document follows a series of articles published in several French newspapers and journals during the first half of 2006 that questioned the benefits of breast cancer screening. The...
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Cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases, Rennes (35). December 2005 – January 2006
Introduction. Between January 2 and 4, 2006, six cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported to the Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) of Ille-et-Vilaine. The...
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Breast Cancer Screening. Evaluation Report on Epidemiological Monitoring. 2004 Data
In 2004, all French departments, with the exception of French Guiana, implemented the national organized screening program in accordance with the specifications of the French guidelines...
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Factors Influencing Participation in Organized Breast Cancer Screening: The FADO-sein Study
In France, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women; in 2000, it accounted for 35.7% of all new cancer cases and 20.2% of cancer deaths among women. The organized breast...
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Carbon Monoxide Poisonings in the Île-de-France Region in 2005. Epidemiological Assessment of the First Year of the New National Surveillance System
Background: Carbon monoxide (CO) is the leading cause of death from poisoning, but the true extent of this public health problem remains poorly understood at the national level. Given...
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Incidence of cancer near municipal waste incineration plants. Exposure to incinerators during the 1970s and 1980s. Final results
By demonstrating the impact of atmospheric emissions from municipal waste incinerators on the risk of certain cancers between 1990 and 1999, this study confirms the effectiveness of the...
