La Revue de médecine interne
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Review of the literature on epidemiologic data of sarcoidosis and risk factors. ⋯ Patent sarcoidosis is revealed when concomitant environmental factors (infective agent, climate, country) and predisposition ones (race, sex familial aggregation) appear together and inducing, in each patient, a particular sarcoidosis.
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A review of the literature about micronutrients status of Ile-de-France inhabitants. ⋯ Identification of the groups at risk favours a better adequacy of preventive action on micronutrient deficiencies in this population. However, the efficacy of prevention is to be determined. Controlled trials of micronutrients' supplementation may be useful to value the beneficial effects of micronutrient supplementation on the incidence of cardiovascular diseases and cancer.