Managing residual flood risk behind levees: Comparing <scp>USA</scp> , France, and Quebec (Canada)

The importance of managing flood risk

Geographical variation of Crohn's disease residual incidence in the Province of Quebec, Canada

BACKGROUND Crohn's disease (CD) is clinically expressed as a chronic affection of the gastrointestinal tract currently known to have a multifactorial etiology involving a complex pathophysiological host response modulated by genetic susceptibilities, demographic determinants and environmental factors. With more than 20 cases per 100,000 person-years, the province of Quebec, Canada is among regi...

New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada

The following species of Curculionoidea are newly recorded from the Canadian province of Quebec: Coelocephalapion emaciipes (Fall, 1898); Ischnopterapion virens (Herbst, 1797); Omphalapion hookerorum (Kirby, 1808); Perapion punctinasum (J.B. Smith, 1884) (all Brentidae); Anthonomus robustulus LeConte, 1876; Pseudanthonomus helvolus (Boheman, 1843); Bagous magister LeConte, 1876; Bagous tanneri ...

Association between exposure to pulsed electromagnetic fields and cancer in electric utility workers in Quebec, Canada, and France.

The authors report the association between exposure to pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) and cancer in a nested case-control study of electric utility workers in Quebec, Canada (follow-up, 1970-1988), and France (follow-up, 1978-1989), among whom 2,679 cases of cancer were identified. Exposures were assessed through a job-exposure matrix based on about 1,000 person-weeks of measurements fro...

Managing residual risk in patients receiving statin therapy. Comment.

Until the results of several statin trials are available, it is recommended that the current indications and usage of ezetimibe be continued.