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Pilot multi-site study of cancer incidence near nuclear power plants in France
Introduction: Concerns and questions have been raised regarding the health impacts of nuclear facilities on surrounding populations. A pilot multi-site study will be conducted to...
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Health Surveillance and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases in Animals and Humans: Concepts and Definitions. Special Issue. Special Focus on Exotic Diseases
This article offers a definition of emerging infectious diseases and the various forms that their emergence can take. The factors driving the introduction of new pathogens and their...
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Evaluation of various surveillance systems (for infectious diseases) using a generic protocol
Background: The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) manages and coordinates numerous surveillance systems. In 2009, the InVS initiated a standardized approach for the...
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Analysis of Mortality Among Professional Firefighters in France from 1979 to 2008. Preliminary Results
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The Challenge of Estimating Psychiatric Disability in a General Population Survey: The Example of the Handicap-Santé Survey
It is tempting to use the Handicap-Santé survey, conducted in France in 2008 and 2009, to estimate the proportion of the general population affected by "mental disability," and to...
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The "Nordic" questionnaire: its value in monitoring work-related upper limb overuse disorders
The Occupational Health Plan aims to reduce the number of reported musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)—also known as overuse injuries—by 20% by 2009, with the preliminary objective of...
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Monitoring of AES in healthcare facilities. The role and importance of safety equipment
The AES Raisin/Geres surveillance system relies on the voluntary participation of healthcare facilities, where every AES reported to the occupational physician is documented on a...
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Excess morbidity and mortality in the first year of life among children born between 35 and 38 weeks’ gestation in mainland France
Introduction: The prognosis for late preterm and early term births (35–36 weeks’ gestation and 37–38 weeks’ gestation, respectively) remains unclear during the first year of life....
