Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Papers
(The median citation count of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–201768
Differences in total sleep time and heart rate variability between shift types in firefighters50
Emergency responders’ return to work after injury/disease sustained during periods of extreme bushfires38
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis34
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries30
Cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic heart disease in Ontario, Canada workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust27
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 201826
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners25
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study25
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–201824
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort23
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence23
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy23
High occupational physical activity and its combined effect with leisure-time physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: systematic reviews and meta-analyses23
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers22
Adverse mental health outcomes and alcohol misuse among UK Armed Forces personnel: fourth phase of a 20-year cohort study of military personnel who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts22
Development of crosswalk methodologies for a diesel engine exhaust job-exposure matrix and impacts on lung cancer risk estimates in workers in Ontario, Canada22
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?21
Occupational risk assessment: lessons from the MSHA Silica Rule21
Relationships between combat injury, pain, mobility and post-service employment: the ADVANCE study20
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey20
Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w20
Correction: Lifetime exposure to rubber dusts, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in a cohort of British rubber workers with 49 years follow-up20
Four-year follow-up of surface contamination by antineoplastic drugs in a compounding unit18
Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–201616
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study15
Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials15
Associations of cold spells and heat waves with frailty trajectory among older adults: a longitudinal study from the JAGES Study15
Epidemiology of work-related fall injuries resulting in hospitalisation: individual and work risk factors and severity14
Outbreak of lead poisoning from a civilian indoor firing range in the UK14
Work-related asthma symptoms and lung function among workers in the Norwegian salmon processing industry: a cross-sectional study14
Magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations and risk of cancer in adults: a cohort study14
Peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos exposure: a population-based case–control study in Italy, 2000–202113
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort13
Correction: excess potential years of working life lost in six countries from Latin America and Europe in 2020 and 202113
Are we underestimating indoor radon exposure in radon priority areas?13
Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and follicular lymphoma risk: a family case–control study13
Associations between maternal occupational history and autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in offspring in Denmark12
Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA12
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former professional American-style football players12
Associations between sick leave during pregnancy and after childbirth and future labour force participation: a Dutch cohort study12
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines11
Parental occupational exposure to pesticides at birth and risk of adult testicular germ cell tumours in offspring: a French nationwide case-control study11
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma11
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 193911
Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders11
Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation11
Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers10
Associations between occupational exposure to chromium (VI) and cancers of the oral cavity, small intestine, pancreas, prostate and urinary bladder: systematic review and meta-analyses10
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world10
Association between maternal occupation as a cleaner/maid/janitor during early pregnancy and selected birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study10
Comparison of factors associated with postpartum depression from two cohorts of nurses: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study and the Nurses’ Health Study 310
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study10
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US workers’ compensation system10
Applying a ‘presumably plausible’ principle in a new one-time financial compensation system for occupational diseases in the Netherlands9
Diagnostic accuracy of chest X-ray screening for silicosis: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study9
Who tests for lead and why? A 10-year analysis of blood lead screening, follow-up and CNS outcomes in a statewide US healthcare system9
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans9
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers9
Disparities in death at work: reflections on occupational injury fatality data9
Rest, shade, hydration and hygiene for the prevention of kidney injuries and inflammation in a Nicaraguan sugarcane worker cohort9
Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study9
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study8
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–20218
Effects of work-related electronic communication during non-working hours after work from home and office on fatigue, psychomotor vigilance performance and actigraphic sleep: observational study on in8
Night shift work and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study among 56 477 female nurses in the Netherlands8
OPERAS decision support system versus manual job coding: a quantitative analysis on coding time and inter-coder reliability8
Impact of the EILA application on smoking cessation among hospital workers: a randomised controlled trial8
Inequalities in NHS staff support among those from ethnic minority and migrant groups during the COVID-19 pandemic8
Economic burden of musculoskeletal pain in Danish senior workers: a working-life expectancy approach8
Mental health effects of unemployment and re-employment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies8
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA8
Occupational biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome surgery: a prospective cohort study on 203 866 Swedish male construction workers followed for 19 years8
Physical activity interventions and musculoskeletal health in surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis8
Trends in work-related respiratory diseases attributed to nickel, chromium and cobalt in the UK: descriptive findings from The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network 1996–20198
Estimating the relationship between precarious employment and occupational injury: do the registry data tell the whole story?8
Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff in England: workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic7
COPD mortality among workers in the construction industry, by occupation: USA, 2021–20227
Impact of safety interventions on behavioural changes and blood lead levels in Thai fishnet sinker workers7
Response to comment by Erren and Morfeld on our paper ‘Night work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of female healthcare employees in Stockholm, Sweden’7
Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers7
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 20087
Lack of association of impaired upper airway sensation with the presence or absence of obstructive sleep apnoea or chronic rhinosinusitis in World Trade Center responders7
Impact of World Trade Center dust exposure on upper-aero digestive tract disorders and sinonasal surgery: findings from patients seen in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Mou7
Effects of a peer coaching intervention for occupational physicians on time allocated to preventive tasks: a cluster randomised controlled trial7
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines7
Dose-response relationship of cadmium and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis7
Mortality and cancer incidence in a population exposed to TCDD after the Seveso, Italy, accident (1976–2013)7
Gene–occupational exposure interactions in small airways obstruction in the UK Biobank: a cross-sectional study6
Occupational asthma in the salmon processing industry: a case series6
Incident skin melanoma in Danish male military pilots: a nested case–control study6
Emotional demands at work and risk of disability pension: a nationwide cohort study in Denmark6
Airborne occupational exposures associated with pulmonary sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Precarious employment in young adulthood and later alcohol-related morbidity: a register-based cohort study6
Correction:What role for asbestos in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Findings from the IPF job exposures case–control study6
Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states6
Individual responses to the implementation of mandatory fitness testing within a fire department6
A less detailed job axis in a quantitative job-exposure matrix results in a similar exposure-response association6
Chlordecone (Kepone) exposure in the French West Indies: the urgent need to address a flawed management approach6
Sex and race disparities in the association between work characteristics and vitamin D deficiency: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–20106
Benzene exposure and risk of lung cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Worker cohort: a prospective case-cohort study6
National examination of occupational hazards in emergency medical services6
Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’6
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk6
Trajectories of work ability and associated work unit characteristics from pre-COVID to post-COVID pandemic period6
Surveillance is the first step to preventing injury among fast jet aircrew: results of a 2-year prospective cohort study6
Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study6
Workplace mental health screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Quantitative silica dust exposure and lung cancer incidence in hard rock miners: 1.6 million person-years of follow-up in the Mining Master File cohort study6
Health Hazard Evaluations of occupational cancer cluster concerns: the USA, January 2001–December 20205
Changes in exposure to positive leadership behaviours and subsequent changes in workers’ depressive symptoms and risk of onset of antidepressant treatment5
Observational study on occupational exposure of dairy farmers to formaldehyde5
Shiftwork, long working hours and markers of inflammation in a national US population-based sample of employed black and white men and women aged ≥45 years5
Thoughts on adding diffusing capacity to medical surveillance of coal miners5
Coworkers are more likely than patients to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection to healthcare personnel5
Work participation and disability pension after work-related PTSD: trajectories and impact of occupation5
Keratinocyte carcinoma as an occupational disease5
Prevalent occupational carcinogenic exposure under the microscope5
Agricultural exposure and risk of ovarian cancer in the AGRIculture and CANcer (AGRICAN) cohort5
Gender and sex differences in occupation-specific infectious diseases: a systematic review5
Estimated exposure to endotoxin and circulating immunological markers among male farmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture study5
Sick leave due to COVID-19 during the first pandemic wave in France, 20205
Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners5
Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study5
Occupational standing, walking and forward bending during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage: a Danish nationwide, register-based, cohort study5
Respiratory symptoms, airflow obstruction and asthma in a cohort of workers from the stone benchtop industry5
Characteristics of exposure to 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites among pregnant women: cohort of pregnant women in Zunyi, southwest China5
Impact of sedentary behaviour reduction on desk-worker workplace satisfaction, productivity, mood and health-related quality of life: a randomised trial5
Effectiveness of the Coordinated Return to Work model after orthopaedic surgery for lumbar discectomy and hip and knee arthroplasty: a register-based study5
Cumulative occupational exposure to gases and fumes is associated with impairment in lung function and disease-related quality of life in a German COPD patient cohort4
Deployment to bases with open burn pits and mortality of US Military Veterans4
Survival and longevity in professional wrestlers: a retrospective cohort study4
Secular trends in gabapentinoid dispensing by compensated workers with low back pain: a retrospective cohort study4
Night work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of female healthcare employees in Stockholm, Sweden4
Exploration of associations between occupational exposures and current adult eczema4
Person-related work and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a Swedish register-based cohort study4
Time off work following psychological injury among health and social care workers: a population-based retrospective cohort study in New South Wales, Australia4
Silicosis prevalence and associated occupational risk factors among cassiterite (tin ore) miners in eastern Rwanda: a cross-sectional analysis of mining practice and risk in an active mining cohort4
Variation in occupational exposure risk for COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims across pandemic waves in Ontario4
Does radon cause diseases other than lung cancer? Findings on mortality within the German uranium miners cohort study, 1946–20184
Correction: Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study4
Towards more inclusive practices for gender-diverse people in occupational health research4
Response to: Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’ by Cetintepe and Ilhan4
Vitamin D levels in Portuguese Navy military personnel: a cross-sectional study4
Critical reviews of exposure assessment in carcinogenic hazard identification: the IARCMonographsexperience4
Subtle exposures, invisible outcomes, real suffering: sex, gender and occupational health4
Association between daily long working hours and actigraphic sleep, vigilance, blood pressure and psychological responses: a 10-day observational study among Japanese daytime workers4
How is the mental health of teachers faring? A 10-year follow-up study of depressive symptoms and job dissatisfaction in the CONSTANCES cohort4
Vitamin D status in active duty Navy military personnel: a systematic review4
Rotating night shift work, gestational diabetes and risk of type 2 diabetes among US nurses4
Should engineered stone products be banned?4
Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us4
Occupational COVID-19: can we claim that compensation is causation?3
Reducing occupational exposure to pesticides: understanding the preventive behaviours of French farmers3
Maternal occupational exposure to noise: prevalence, maternal effects and infant outcomes in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20113
Low-dose occupational ionising radiation exposure and gastrointestinal cancer mortality among US radiologic technologists, 1983–20213
Mortality follow-up of Fernald Feed Materials Production Center workers exposed to uranium from 1951 to 19853
Doctors’ perceived working conditions, psychological health and patient care: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies3
Associations between shift work arrangements, sleep characteristics, urinary cortisol and melatonin levels among nurses in Hong Kong3
Assessing the relationship between hypospadias risk and parental occupational exposure to potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals3
Alterations to biomarkers related to long-term exposure to diesel exhaust at concentrations below occupational exposure limits in the European Union and the USA3
Non-malignant kidney diseases in Danish firefighters3
Autoimmune diseases, autoantibody status and silicosis in a cohort of 1238 workers from the artificial stone benchtop industry3
Fertility in a prospective Canadian cohort of women in the welding and electrical trades3
Atrazine use and markers of kidney function and nephrotoxicity among male farmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture Study3
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sick leave among healthcare workers: a register-based observational study3
Introducing LTASR, a new R package based on the NIOSH Life Table Analysis System3
Rotating shift work, with night shift work, affects cardiovascular risk factors: a 6-year follow-up study in the insulation industry3
Health Watch: cancer and mortality update in a 40-year prospective cohort study of Australian petroleum workers3
Excess potential years of working life lost in six countries from Latin America and Europe in 2020 and 20213
Estimating impacts of reducing acrylonitrile exposure on lung cancer mortality in an occupational cohort with the parametric g-formula3
Sarin exposure, mortality and cancer incidence in UK military veterans involved in human experiments at Porton Down: 52-year follow-up3
Neglecting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is a choice with consequences for occupational health3
Incidence of mesothelioma in young people and causal exposure to asbestos in the Italian national mesothelioma registry (ReNaM)3
Using social media to highlight inhaled occupational exposures as a cause of lung disease3
Characteristics of long working hours and subsequent psychological and physical responses: JNIOSH cohort study3
Mediating effect of working conditions on the association between education and early labour market exit: a cohort study of Swedish men2
Cause-specific mortality among banana plantation workers in the French West Indies2
Mortality and cancer incidence among Queensland coal mine workers: a retrospective cohort2
Principal component analysis of pre-sleep artificial light at night exposure patterns and the associations with sleep disturbances in Hong Kong shift-working nurses and daytime office workers2
Occupational and environmental risk factors for salivary gland cancer: a systematic literature review2
Assessing the work relatedness of diagnoses in occupational health primary care appointments: a 3-year review of electronic medical records2
Lymphoid neoplasms and benzene exposure using a revised classification scheme: systematic review and meta-analysis2
Association of low-dose ionising radiation with site-specific solid cancers: Chinese medical X-ray workers cohort study, 1950–19952
Risk assessment of occupational skin cancer among outdoor workers in southern Spain: local pilot study2
Occupational risk factors associated with lower urinary tract symptoms among female workers: a systematic review2
Trends in employment inequalities for people with disability, Australia 2003 to 20232
Weight loss maintenance among truck drivers in the SHIFT randomised controlled trial, USA2
Advancing global public health with occupational epidemiology2
Impact of asthma on working life: an analysis of the French CONSTANCES cohort2
Social inequalities, stressful work and non-fatal cardiovascular disease: follow-up findings from the CONSTANCES Study2
Melatonin supplementation and oxidative DNA damage repair capacity among night shift workers: a randomised placebo-controlled trial2
Using job exposure matrices to estimate an individual’s exposure for compensation?2
Protracted exposure to low-dose ionising radiation and cancer incidence among Canadian nuclear power plant workers2
Cooling vest improves surgeons’ thermal comfort without affecting cognitive performance: a randomised cross-over trial2
Between stings and smoke: prevalence of allergic disorders and exposure to combustion smokes in Northeast Italy’s beekeepers2
Serum and urinary indium as early biomarkers of airway dysfunction in indium-exposed workers2
Prevalence and correlates of workplace violence: descriptive results from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey2
COVID-19 risk by work-related factors: pooled analysis of individual linked data from 14 cohorts2
Recognition of COVID-19 with occupational origin: a comparison between European countries2
Occupational exposure and chronic bronchitis in a sample of the general population in Telemark, Norway: a two-phased cross-sectional study2
Psychosocial working conditions during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study2
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