Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Papers
(The median citation count of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure101
Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults72
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 201844
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis36
Elevated Alu retroelement copy number among workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust33
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–201731
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–201831
Perceived sources of occupational burn-out and embitterment among front-line health workers for COVID-19 control in Gyeonggi province, South Korea: a qualitative study30
The need for, and challenges associated with, assessing occupational work histories for bladder and other occupational cancers29
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries28
Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers’ pneumoconiosis26
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study26
Cardiovascular responses to physical activity during work and leisure25
Workplace interventions that aim to improve employee health and well-being in male-dominated industries: a systematic review25
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers23
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners23
Cumulative exposure to psychosocial stressors at work and global cognitive function: the PROspective Quebec Study on Work and Health21
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence20
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort20
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy20
Correction:Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales19
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al19
Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w18
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey18
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?17
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–201617
Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007–201817
Four-year follow-up of surface contamination by antineoplastic drugs in a compounding unit17
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers17
Repetitive and forceful movements of the hand as predictors of treatment for pain in the distal upper extremities16
Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and follicular lymphoma risk: a family case–control study16
Correction:Lifetime exposure to rubber dusts, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in a cohort of British rubber workers with 49 years follow-up16
Association of occupational and environmental clinics exposure code system and criteria for substances that cause work-related asthma16
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort16
Outbreak of lead poisoning from a civilian indoor firing range in the UK15
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity14
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study14
Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials14
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former professional American-style football players14
Epidemiology of work-related fall injuries resulting in hospitalisation: individual and work risk factors and severity13
Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA13
Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation13
Magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations and risk of cancer in adults: a cohort study12
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma12
Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines12
Risks of COVID-19 by occupation in NHS workers in England12
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 193912
Cancer incidence and mortality in the USA Astronaut Corps, 1959–201712
Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders12
Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers12
Disparities in death at work: reflections on occupational injury fatality data11
Maternal occupation as a nail technician or hairdresser during pregnancy and birth defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–201111
How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust11
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans11
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US workers’ compensation system11
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study11
Comparison of factors associated with postpartum depression from two cohorts of nurses: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study and the Nurses’ Health Study 311
Applying a ‘presumably plausible’ principle in a new one-time financial compensation system for occupational diseases in the Netherlands11
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world11
Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study10
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis10
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–202110
Who tests for lead and why? A 10-year analysis of blood lead screening, follow-up and CNS outcomes in a statewide US healthcare system10
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study10
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce10
Volume-based tomography for the diagnosis of incipient silicosis in former gold miners10
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers9
Impact of occupational pesticide exposure assessment method on risk estimates for prostate cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Parkinson’s disease: results of three meta-analyses9
Unemployment due to the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic among people with and without severe disabilities: a difference-in-differences analysis9
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 1996–20199
Quality of reporting and risk of bias: a review of randomised trials in occupational health9
Correction: Bladder cancer incidence among workers exposed to o-toluidine, aniline and nitrobenzene at a rubber chemical manufacturing plant9
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 20089
Mortality and cancer incidence in a population exposed to TCDD after the Seveso, Italy, accident (1976–2013)9
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 in9
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters9
Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers9
Residential extremely low frequency magnetic fields and skin cancer9
1,3-Butadiene, styrene and lymphohaematopoietic cancers among North American synthetic rubber polymer workers: exposure–response analyses8
Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al8
Response to: Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al8
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA8
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’8
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk8
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 pandemic8
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic8
Lack of association of impaired upper airway sensation with the presence or absence of obstructive sleep apnoea or chronic rhinosinusitis in World Trade Center responders8
Fraction of acute work-related injuries attributable to hazardous occupational noise across the USA in 20198
Surveillance is the first step to preventing injury among fast jet aircrew: results of a 2-year prospective cohort study7
Impact of legislative reform on worker fatalities in New Zealand workplaces: a 30-year retrospective population-level analysis7
Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’7
Trajectories of work ability and associated work unit characteristics from pre-COVID to post-COVID pandemic period7
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines7
Emotional demands at work and risk of disability pension: a nationwide cohort study in Denmark7
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy7
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health7
Individual responses to the implementation of mandatory fitness testing within a fire department7
National examination of occupational hazards in emergency medical services7
Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states7
Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature7
Occupational asthma in the salmon processing industry: a case series7
Incident skin melanoma in Danish male military pilots: a nested case–control study7
Occupational noise exposure and risk of incident stroke: a pooled study of five Scandinavian cohorts6
Airborne occupational exposures associated with pulmonary sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
A less detailed job axis in a quantitative job-exposure matrix results in a similar exposure-response association6
Benzene exposure and risk of lung cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Worker cohort: a prospective case-cohort study6
Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners6
Correction:What role for asbestos in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Findings from the IPF job exposures case–control study6
Dying for sport6
Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults6
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
Coworkers are more likely than patients to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection to healthcare personnel6
Thoughts on adding diffusing capacity to medical surveillance of coal miners6
Estimated exposure to endotoxin and circulating immunological markers among male farmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture study6
Self-reported psychological distress and self-perceived health in residents living near pesticide-treated agricultural land: a cross-sectional study in The Netherlands6
Health burdens of uranium miners will extend beyond the radiation exposure compensation act deadline6
Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study6
Precarious employment in young adulthood and later alcohol-related morbidity: a register-based cohort study6
Lung cancer mortality in the European cohort of titanium dioxide workers: a reanalysis of the exposure–response relationship6
Gender and sex differences in occupation-specific infectious diseases: a systematic review6
Workplace mental health screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Observational study on occupational exposure of dairy farmers to formaldehyde5
Subtle exposures, invisible outcomes, real suffering: sex, gender and occupational health5
Effects of dietary patterns on driving behaviours among professional truck drivers: the mediating effect of fatigue5
Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure and childhood allergies: the Japan Environment and Children’s study5
Cancer and mortality in coal mine workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis5
Job control, job demands and job strain and suicidal behaviour among three million workers in Sweden5
Deployment to bases with open burn pits and mortality of US Military Veterans5
Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study5
Critical reviews of exposure assessment in carcinogenic hazard identification: the IARCMonographsexperience5
Health Hazard Evaluations of occupational cancer cluster concerns: the USA, January 2001–December 20205
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
Impact of sedentary behaviour reduction on desk-worker workplace satisfaction, productivity, mood and health-related quality of life: a randomised trial5
Under-reporting of non-fatal occupational injuries among precarious and non-precarious workers in Sweden5
Characteristics of exposure to 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites among pregnant women: cohort of pregnant women in Zunyi, southwest China5
Serological study of healthcare workers in four different hospitals in Madrid (Spain) with no previous history of COVID-195
Associations between workplace characteristics and ‘outness’ in LGBTI workers in Austria5
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 cohort5
Effectiveness of the Coordinated Return to Work model after orthopaedic surgery for lumbar discectomy and hip and knee arthroplasty: a register-based study5
Sick leave due to COVID-19 during the first pandemic wave in France, 20205
Agricultural exposure and risk of ovarian cancer in the AGRIculture and CANcer (AGRICAN) cohort5
Keratinocyte carcinoma as an occupational disease5
Systematic scoping review of occupational health injuries and illnesses among Indigenous workers4
Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study in 10 Colombian cities4
Night work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of female healthcare employees in Stockholm, Sweden4
Autoimmune diseases, autoantibody status and silicosis in a cohort of 1238 workers from the artificial stone benchtop industry4
Assessing the relationship between hypospadias risk and parental occupational exposure to potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals4
Research and public health prevention policies of occupational heat exposure in Italy4
Occupation, work-related contact and SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid serological status: findings from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study4
Should engineered stone products be banned?4
Investigating the relationship between melatonin patterns and methylation in circadian genes among day shift and night shift workers4
Variation in occupational exposure risk for COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims across pandemic waves in Ontario4
Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and antinuclear antibodies: a cross-sectional study in China4
Vitamin D status in active duty Navy military personnel: a systematic review4
Occupational COVID-19: can we claim that compensation is causation?4
Incident hypertension in relation to aircraft noise exposure: results of the DEBATS longitudinal study in France4
Secular trends in gabapentinoid dispensing by compensated workers with low back pain: a retrospective 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
Correction:Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study4
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among firefighters in Los Angeles, California4
Does radon cause diseases other than lung cancer? Findings on mortality within the German uranium miners cohort study, 1946–20184
Towards more inclusive practices for gender-diverse people in occupational health research4
Patterns of negative seroconversion in ongoing surveys of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among workers in New York’s largest healthcare system4
Occupational risk factors for work disability following carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled prospective study4
Vitamin D levels in Portuguese Navy military personnel: a cross-sectional study4
Response to: Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’ by Cetintepe and Ilhan4
Exploration of associations between occupational exposures and current adult eczema4
Impact of asthma on working life: an analysis of the French CONSTANCES cohort3
Unionisation and injury risk in construction: a replication study3
Comparison of cancer incidence and mortality in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort, 1960–20183
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfection during the second pandemic surge: a cohort study3
Mortality follow-up of Fernald Feed Materials Production Center workers exposed to uranium from 1951 to 19853
Relationship between flood severity and risk of hospitalisation in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam3
Mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic3
COVID-19 risk by work-related factors: pooled analysis of individual linked data from 14 cohorts3
Occupational exposure and chronic bronchitis in a sample of the general population in Telemark, Norway: a two-phased cross-sectional study3
Asthma in pesticide users: an update from the Great Britain Prospective Investigation of Pesticide Applicators’ Health (PIPAH) cohort study3
Melatonin supplementation and oxidative DNA damage repair capacity among night shift workers: a randomised placebo-controlled trial3
RE: epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers3
Occupational risk factors associated with lower urinary tract symptoms among female workers: a systematic review3
Prevalence and correlates of workplace violence: descriptive results from the National Transgender Discrimination Survey3
Incidence of mesothelioma in young people and causal exposure to asbestos in the Italian national mesothelioma registry (ReNaM)3
Associations between high ambient temperatures and asthma exacerbation among children in Philadelphia, PA: a time series analysis3
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sick leave among healthcare workers: a register-based observational study3
SARS-CoV-2 surveillance strategy in essential workers of the Madrid City Council during the first epidemic wave in Spain, March–July 20203
Introducing LTASR, a new R package based on the NIOSH Life Table Analysis System3
Estimating impacts of reducing acrylonitrile exposure on lung cancer mortality in an occupational cohort with the parametric g-formula3
Correspondence on: Household use of crop residues and fuelwood for cooking and newborn birth size in rural Bangladesh by Leeet al3
Social inequalities, stressful work and non-fatal cardiovascular disease: follow-up findings from the CONSTANCES Study3
Feasibility and sustainability of working in different types of jobs after total hip arthroplasty: analysis of longitudinal data from two cohorts3
Occupation and subcategories of asthma: a population-based incident case–control study3
Recognition of COVID-19 with occupational origin: a comparison between European countries3
Cooling vest improves surgeons’ thermal comfort without affecting cognitive performance: a randomised cross-over trial3
Association of low-dose ionising radiation with site-specific solid cancers: Chinese medical X-ray workers cohort study, 1950–19953
Understanding current and projected emergency department presentations and associated healthcare costs in a changing thermal climate in Adelaide, South Australia3
Characteristics of long working hours and subsequent psychological and physical responses: JNIOSH cohort study3
Alterations to biomarkers related to long-term exposure to diesel exhaust at concentrations below occupational exposure limits in the European Union and the USA3
Doctors’ perceived working conditions, psychological health and patient care: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies3
Sarin exposure, mortality and cancer incidence in UK military veterans involved in human experiments at Porton Down: 52-year follow-up3
Excess potential years of working life lost in six countries from Latin America and Europe in 2020 and 20213
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among workers of the public higher education institutions of Porto, Portugal: a cross-sectional study3
Work functioning among young adults: the role of mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood3
Advancing global public health with occupational epidemiology3
Lifetime high occupational physical activity and total and cause-specific mortality among 320 000 adults in the NIH-AARP study: a cohort study3
Correction: Prunus persica 9,a new occupational allergen from peach tree pollen involved in rhinitis and asthma3
HLA-DPB1 E69 genotype and exposure in beryllium sensitisation and disease3
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