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Dioxins emitted by the Besançon municipal waste incineration plant and cancer risk: an eco-epidemiological approach in France.
Uncertainties remain regarding the risk posed by environmental exposure to dioxins for the general population. Our team therefore conducted a research program focused on the municipal...
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Socio-demographic and economic factors associated with tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use among first-year college students in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, 2005–2006
Objectives - To quantify students’ use of tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis and to identify the sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors associated with these uses. Methods - Survey of...
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Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in home hospitalization (HAD) at Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, France, 2007
Home hospitalization facilities (HAD) have always been excluded from national surveys on the prevalence of nosocomial infections. However, a new survey on the prevalence of...
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Regional School Epidemiology Observatory: Student Health in Upper Normandy, 2006–2007 School Year
Understanding the health of young people is a key concern for public authorities. It is therefore necessary to develop tools within the National Education System to better understand the...
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Are there any differences in the prevalence and management of hypertension in the French West Indies and French Guiana compared to metropolitan France?
Objective - To assess differences in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension between the French West Indies and French Guiana and mainland France. Methods -...
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Acceptance of rapid HIV testing in a hospital emergency department in the Île-de-France region, January–April 2008.
Introduction - This study aims to assess the acceptability among adult patients in hospital emergency departments of a routine offer of HIV screening using rapid tests. Materials and...
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Hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients. Results of a prevalence survey conducted in the Paris-Nord region in 1996
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Suicide mortality in Loir-et-Cher from 1989 to 1996
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Survival analysis of AIDS patients in major Parisian hospitals between 1981 and 1993