The Relocation of a Health Care Department's Impact on Staff: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

Objective: This survey compares certain quality of work-life factors between a relocated work group and a control group.

Methods: A self-administered, cross-sectional survey was conducted 12 months after five departments (304 workers) had been relocated between two public health sites. The survey explored the workers' psychosocial job characteristics, their perceived health, and psycho-organizational constraints.

Paraquat poisonings in France during the European ban: experience of the Poison Control Center in Marseille.

Paraquat, a widely used herbicide in the world, has caused severe and fatal poisonings. Because of its high toxicity, the European Union withdrew paraquat from its market in July 2007. The purpose of this report is to describe cases of paraquat poisoning recorded at the Poison Control Center in Marseille over the 9-year period starting and ending 4.