[Agricultural occupational health and social security].

The Mutualité Sociale Agricole (MSA) is the French social security agency for all agricultural wage earners and non-wage earners. It is the second French social security scheme after the general scheme, providing coverage for wage earners in commerce and industry. The MSA covers the whole spectrum of benefits (recovery, illness, family, retirement, occupational injury and disease) within a unique business window.

Changes in osteoarthritis management by general practitioners in the COX2-inhibitor era-concomitant gastroprotective therapy.

Objectives: Two selective COX2 inhibitors, rofecoxib and celecoxib, were introduced on the French market in 2000. We evaluated their use in the treatment of osteoarthritis by general practitioners, with special attention to concomitant prescription of gastroprotective agents.

Material And Methods: The Thales Epidemiology Observatory is a medical database compiled by a representative sample of 1000 general practitioners in France.