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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries58
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis48
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–201838
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–201732
Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults31
Differences in total sleep time and heart rate variability between shift types in firefighters30
Emergency responders’ return to work after injury/disease sustained during periods of extreme bushfires30
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 201828
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners25
Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers’ pneumoconiosis24
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure24
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al21
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers21
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence21
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study21
High occupational physical activity and its combined effect with leisure-time physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: systematic reviews and meta-analyses21
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort21
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–201620
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy20
Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007–201820
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 unit19
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?19
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers19
Correction:Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales19
Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w18
Occupational risk assessment: lessons from the MSHA Silica Rule18
Relationships between combat injury, pain, mobility and post-service employment: the ADVANCE study17
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey17
Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials17
Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA16
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former professional American-style football players16
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study15
Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and follicular lymphoma risk: a family case–control study15
Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation15
Peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos exposure: a population-based case–control study in Italy, 2000–202114
Work-related asthma symptoms and lung function among workers in the Norwegian salmon processing industry: a cross-sectional study14
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Are we underestimating indoor radon exposure in radon priority areas?14
Association of occupational and environmental clinics exposure code system and criteria for substances that cause work-related asthma13
Epidemiology of work-related fall injuries resulting in hospitalisation: individual and work risk factors and severity13
Outbreak of lead poisoning from a civilian indoor firing range in the UK13
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort13
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity13
Association between maternal occupation as a cleaner/maid/janitor during early pregnancy and selected birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study12
Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders12
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 193912
Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers12
Magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations and risk of cancer in adults: a cohort study12
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma11
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study11
Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines11
Applying a ‘presumably plausible’ principle in a new one-time financial compensation system for occupational diseases in the Netherlands10
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans10
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce10
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world10
Disparities in death at work: reflections on occupational injury fatality data10
Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study10
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US workers’ compensation system10
Comparison of factors associated with postpartum depression from two cohorts of nurses: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study and the Nurses’ Health Study 310
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
Volume-based tomography for the diagnosis of incipient silicosis in former gold miners9
Occupational biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome surgery: a prospective cohort study on 203 866 Swedish male construction workers followed for 19 years9
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers9
Physical activity interventions and musculoskeletal health in surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis9
How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust9
Correction: Bladder cancer incidence among workers exposed to o-toluidine, aniline and nitrobenzene at a rubber chemical manufacturing plant9
Mental health effects of unemployment and re-employment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies9
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study9
Rest, shade, hydration and hygiene for the prevention of kidney injuries and inflammation in a Nicaraguan sugarcane worker cohort9
Unemployment due to the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic among people with and without severe disabilities: a difference-in-differences analysis9
Night shift work and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study among 56 477 female nurses in the Netherlands9
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis8
Estimating the relationship between precarious employment and occupational injury: do the registry data tell the whole story?8
Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers8
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
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters8
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 20088
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-analyses8
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–20218
Response to: Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al8
COPD mortality among workers in the construction industry, by occupation: USA, 2021–20227
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic7
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
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA7
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 1996–20197
Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al7
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
Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff in England: workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic7
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
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk7
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
OPERAS decision support system versus manual job coding: a quantitative analysis on coding time and inter-coder reliability7
Individual responses to the implementation of mandatory fitness testing within a fire department6
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
Incident skin melanoma in Danish male military pilots: a nested case–control study6
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy6
Benzene exposure and risk of lung cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Worker cohort: a prospective case-cohort study6
Occupational noise exposure and risk of incident stroke: a pooled study of five Scandinavian cohorts6
Emotional demands at work and risk of disability pension: a nationwide cohort study in Denmark6
Impact of legislative reform on worker fatalities in New Zealand workplaces: a 30-year retrospective population-level analysis6
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines6
Occupational asthma in the salmon processing industry: a case series6
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
Gene–occupational exposure interactions in small airways obstruction in the UK Biobank: a cross-sectional study6
Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states6
A less detailed job axis in a quantitative job-exposure matrix results in a similar exposure-response association6
Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’6
Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study6
National examination of occupational hazards in emergency medical services6
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
Health burdens of uranium miners will extend beyond the radiation exposure compensation act deadline6
Health Hazard Evaluations of occupational cancer cluster concerns: the USA, January 2001–December 20205
Subtle exposures, invisible outcomes, real suffering: sex, gender and occupational health5
Estimated exposure to endotoxin and circulating immunological markers among male farmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture study5
Workplace mental health screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis5
Impact of sedentary behaviour reduction on desk-worker workplace satisfaction, productivity, mood and health-related quality of life: a randomised trial5
Respiratory symptoms, airflow obstruction and asthma in a cohort of workers from the stone benchtop industry5
Sick leave due to COVID-19 during the first pandemic wave in France, 20205
Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study5
Keratinocyte carcinoma as an occupational disease5
Effectiveness of the Coordinated Return to Work model after orthopaedic surgery for lumbar discectomy and hip and knee arthroplasty: a register-based study5
Agricultural exposure and risk of ovarian cancer in the AGRIculture and CANcer (AGRICAN) cohort5
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
Correction:What role for asbestos in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Findings from the IPF job exposures case–control study5
Lung cancer mortality in the European cohort of titanium dioxide workers: a reanalysis of the exposure–response relationship5
Job control, job demands and job strain and suicidal behaviour among three million workers in Sweden5
Observational study on occupational exposure of dairy farmers to formaldehyde5
Changes in exposure to positive leadership behaviours and subsequent changes in workers’ depressive symptoms and risk of onset of antidepressant treatment5
Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure and childhood allergies: the Japan Environment and Children’s study5
Coworkers are more likely than patients to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection to healthcare personnel5
Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners5
Thoughts on adding diffusing capacity to medical surveillance of coal miners5
Gender and sex differences in occupation-specific infectious diseases: a systematic review5
Characteristics of exposure to 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites among pregnant women: cohort of pregnant women in Zunyi, southwest China5
Exploration of associations between occupational exposures and current adult eczema4
Vitamin D levels in Portuguese Navy military personnel: a cross-sectional study4
Secular trends in gabapentinoid dispensing by compensated workers with low back pain: a retrospective cohort study4
How is the mental health of teachers faring? A 10-year follow-up study of depressive symptoms and job dissatisfaction in the CONSTANCES cohort4
Incident hypertension in relation to aircraft noise exposure: results of the DEBATS longitudinal study in France4
Correction:Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study4
Critical reviews of exposure assessment in carcinogenic hazard identification: the IARCMonographsexperience4
Association between daily long working hours and actigraphic sleep, vigilance, blood pressure and psychological responses: a 10-day observational study among Japanese daytime workers4
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
Should engineered stone products be banned?4
Time off work following psychological injury among health and social care workers: a population-based retrospective cohort study in New South Wales, Australia4
Investigating the relationship between melatonin patterns and methylation in circadian genes among day shift and night shift workers4
Vitamin D status in active duty Navy military personnel: a systematic review4
Does radon cause diseases other than lung cancer? Findings on mortality within the German uranium miners cohort study, 1946–20184
Systematic scoping review of occupational health injuries and illnesses among Indigenous workers4
Deployment to bases with open burn pits and mortality of US Military Veterans4
Response to: Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’ by Cetintepe and Ilhan4
Towards more inclusive practices for gender-diverse people in occupational health research4
Occupation, work-related contact and SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid serological status: findings from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study4
Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us4
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among firefighters in Los Angeles, California4
Variation in occupational exposure risk for COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims across pandemic waves in Ontario4
Occupational risk factors for work disability following carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled prospective study3
Assessing the relationship between hypospadias risk and parental occupational exposure to potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals3
Night work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of female healthcare employees in Stockholm, Sweden3
Autoimmune diseases, autoantibody status and silicosis in a cohort of 1238 workers from the artificial stone benchtop industry3
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sick leave among healthcare workers: a register-based observational study3
Doctors’ perceived working conditions, psychological health and patient care: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies3
Characteristics of long working hours and subsequent psychological and physical responses: JNIOSH cohort study3
Incidence of mesothelioma in young people and causal exposure to asbestos in the Italian national mesothelioma registry (ReNaM)3
Alterations to biomarkers related to long-term exposure to diesel exhaust at concentrations below occupational exposure limits in the European Union and the USA3
Fertility in a prospective Canadian cohort of women in the welding and electrical trades3
Occupational COVID-19: can we claim that compensation is causation?3
Estimating impacts of reducing acrylonitrile exposure on lung cancer mortality in an occupational cohort with the parametric g-formula3
Maternal occupational exposure to noise: prevalence, maternal effects and infant outcomes in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20113
Research and public health prevention policies of occupational heat exposure in Italy3
Mortality follow-up of Fernald Feed Materials Production Center workers exposed to uranium from 1951 to 19853
Associations between shift work arrangements, sleep characteristics, urinary cortisol and melatonin levels among nurses in Hong Kong3
Sarin exposure, mortality and cancer incidence in UK military veterans involved in human experiments at Porton Down: 52-year follow-up3
Low-dose occupational ionising radiation exposure and gastrointestinal cancer mortality among US radiologic technologists, 1983–20213
Associations between high ambient temperatures and asthma exacerbation among children in Philadelphia, PA: a time series analysis3
Comparison of cancer incidence and mortality in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort, 1960–20183
Correspondence on: Household use of crop residues and fuelwood for cooking and newborn birth size in rural Bangladesh by Leeet al3
Non-malignant kidney diseases in Danish firefighters3
Person-related work and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a Swedish register-based cohort study3
Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and antinuclear antibodies: a cross-sectional study in China3
Excess potential years of working life lost in six countries from Latin America and Europe in 2020 and 20213
Impact of asthma on working life: an analysis of the French CONSTANCES cohort3
Introducing LTASR, a new R package based on the NIOSH Life Table Analysis System3
Feasibility and sustainability of working in different types of jobs after total hip arthroplasty: analysis of longitudinal data from two cohorts3
Neglecting equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is a choice with consequences for occupational health3
Atrazine use and markers of kidney function and nephrotoxicity among male farmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture Study3
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