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Food insecurity in the Paris metropolitan area: prevalence and socio-territorial inequalities
Introduction - Food insecurity is a situation in which individuals’ access to safe, nutritious, and socially acceptable food is, for financial reasons, limited, inadequate, or...
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Contamination of a drinking water system with ethylene glycol in an apartment building, Rennes (France), January 2011
Background - On January 12, 2011, a drinking water supply system in a building in Rennes housing a shopping and business center was contaminated with ethylene glycol (EG). An...
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Prevalence of strokes and their sequelae and their impact on activities of daily living: findings from the 2008–2009 “Disability, Health, and Households” and “Disability, Health, and Institutions” surveys
Objectives - The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of strokes and their sequelae among the French population living in ordinary households or in institutions,...
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Outbreak of multidrug-resistant malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the second half of 1985
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Three infectious diseases commonly found among migrants in France: HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis B.
The prevalence of HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis B is high in certain regions of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. The aim of this article is to describe the...
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Box - Prevalence of diabetes, health status, and healthcare utilization among people with diabetes who are originally from a Maghreb country and reside in metropolitan France.
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The Lack of Cervical Cancer Screening by Migration Status Among Women in the Paris Metropolitan Area in 2010.
Objectives - The objective of this study was to compare cervical cancer screening practices using Pap smears among French women born to two French parents (FPF), French women born to...
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Heat Waves and Health: A Literature Review. Health Impacts of the August 2003 Heat Wave: Initial Findings and Future Research
This article provides an overview of the national and international literature on three key areas: the assessment of heat exposure; heat-related health effects and their risk factors;...
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Health Impact of the August 2003 Heat Wave: Initial Findings and Future Research. Editorial
The Director General of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance provides an overview of the heat wave, a public health disaster that struck France in August 2003. His...
