Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Article	Citations
Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants	328
The COVID-19 pandemic: major risks to healthcare and other workers on the front line	201
Working from home in the time of COVID-19: how to best preserve occupational health?	170
Migrant workers and COVID-19	155
Global prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in police personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis	98
Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among frontline nurses fighting against COVID-19	88
Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 4378 UK healthcare workers and ancillary staff: initial baseline data from a cohort study collected during the first wave of the pandemic	82
Trends in global, regional and national incidence of pneumoconiosis caused by different aetiologies: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017	81
Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection, exposure risk and mental health among a cohort of essential retail workers in the USA	70
Occupation and COVID-19 mortality in England: a national linked data study of 14.3 million adults	54
Occupational factors in the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: compensation claims applications support establishing an occupational surveillance system	47
COVID-19 risk management at the workplace, fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among frontline employees	45
Potential of deep learning in assessing pneumoconiosis depicted on digital chest radiography	45
Preventing kidney injury among sugarcane workers: promising evidence from enhanced workplace interventions	44
Psychological impact of quarantine on healthcare workers	39
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among firefighters/paramedics of a US fire department: a cross-sectional study	36
Workplace violence and health in human service industries: a systematic review of prospective and longitudinal studies	36
Challenges and opportunities for occupational health and safety after the COVID-19 lockdowns	32
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) colonisation and infection among livestock workers and veterinarians: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
High physical work demands and working life expectancy in Denmark	31
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy	30
Interventions to reduce occupational stress and burn out within neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review	28
Mask-associated ‘de novo’ headache in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	27
Identification of early-stage silicosis through health screening of stone benchtop industry workers in Victoria, Australia	27
Mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic	25

Fluorene exposure among PAH-exposed workers is associated with epigenetic markers related to lung cancer	25
Changes in work and life patterns associated with depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study of health app (CALO mama) users	24
Benzene-associated immunosuppression and chronic inflammation in humans: a systematic review	22
Preventing sickness absence among employees with common mental disorders or stress-related symptoms at work: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a problem-solving-based intervention conducted by	22
Occupational lifting and adverse pregnancy outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Cleaning products and respiratory health outcomes in occupational cleaners: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Extreme diurnal temperature range and cardiovascular emergency hospitalisations in a Mediterranean region	20
High physical work demands have worse consequences for older workers: prospective study of long-term sickness absence among 69 117 employees	20
Short-term effects of outdoor air pollution on acute ischaemic stroke occurrence: a case-crossover study in Tianjin, China	20
Risks of COVID-19 by occupation in NHS workers in England	20
Are workplace health promotion programmes effective for all socioeconomic groups? A systematic review	20
Progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis absent further exposure	19
Changes in outdoor air pollution due to COVID-19 lockdowns differ by pollutant: evidence from Scotland	19
Incidence of outbreak-associated COVID-19 cases by industry in Ontario, Canada, 1 April 2020–31 March 2021	19
Dynamics of the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers at a COVID-19 referral hospital in Milan, Italy	18
Ischaemic heart and cerebrovascular disease mortality in uranium enrichment workers	18
Line managers’ hiring intentions regarding people with mental health problems: a cross-sectional study on workplace stigma	17
Human papillomavirus and surgical smoke: a systematic review	17
Association of changes in work due to COVID-19 pandemic with psychosocial work environment and employee health: a cohort study of 24 299 Finnish public sector employees	17
Indoor temperature and relative humidity in hospitals: workplace considerations during the novel coronavirus pandemic	17
Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Occupation, work-related contact and SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid serological status: findings from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study	16
Update on the epidemiology of work-related traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Lifetime high occupational physical activity and total and cause-specific mortality among 320 000 adults in the NIH-AARP study: a cohort study	16
Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis	15
Household transmission and incidence of positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR in symptomatic healthcare workers, clinical course and outcome: a French hospital experience	15
Educational differences in the influence of health on early work exit among older workers	15
Occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease in the United States	15
Occupational physical activity, not leisure-time physical activity, is associated with increased high-sensitivity C reactive protein levels	14
Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature	14
Occupational and environmental exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in and around infected mink farms	14
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among emergency medical services night shift workers	13
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study	13
Occupational radiation exposure and morbidity of circulatory disease among diagnostic medical radiation workers in South Korea	13
Ambient temperatures, heatwaves and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Brisbane, Australia	12
Associations between high ambient temperatures and asthma exacerbation among children in Philadelphia, PA: a time series analysis	12
Influence of changing working conditions on exit from paid employment among workers with a chronic disease	12
Organisational factors and under-reporting of occupational injuries in Sweden: a population-based study using capture–recapture methodology	12
Factors associated with neck pain in fighter aircrew: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Changes in prolonged sedentary behaviour across the transition to retirement	12
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychosocial work factors and emotional exhaustion among workers in the healthcare sector: a longitudinal study among 1915 Dutch workers	12
Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies	12
Occupational exposure to antimony trioxide: a risk assessment	12
Effect of ambient temperature on stroke onset: a time-series analysis between 2003 and 2014 in Shenzhen, China	12
Risk factors for resignation from work after starting infertility treatment among Japanese women: Japan-Female Employment and Mental health in Assisted reproductive technology (J-FEMA) study	12
Cancer incidence and mortality in the USA Astronaut Corps, 1959–2017	12
Markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function among sugarcane workers with cross-harvest serum creatinine elevation	12
Lung cancer mortality in the French cohort of titanium dioxide workers: some aetiological insights	12
Effectiveness of a workplace intervention reducing psychosocial stressors at work on blood pressure and hypertension	12
Occupational risk factors for work disability following carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled prospective study	11

Boosting positive mood in medical and emergency personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic: preliminary evidence of efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of a novel online ambulatory intervention	11
Incident hypertension in relation to aircraft noise exposure: results of the DEBATS longitudinal study in France	11
Occupational radiation and haematopoietic malignancy mortality in the retrospective cohort study of US radiologic technologists, 1983–2012	11
Occupational use of high-level disinfectants and asthma incidence in early- to mid-career female nurses: a prospective cohort study	11
Cancer incidence in World Trade Center-exposed and non-exposed male firefighters, as compared with the US adult male population: 2001–2016	11
Physical workload and increased frequency of musculoskeletal pain: a cohort study of employed men and women with baseline occasional pain	11
Sleep quality and military training injury during basic combat training: a prospective cohort study of Chinese male recruits	10
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce	10
Is casual employment in Australia bad for workers’ health?	10
Occupational pesticide use and self-reported olfactory impairment in US farmers	10
Long work hours and decreased glomerular filtration rate in the Korean working population	10
Suicide among Scottish military veterans: follow-up and trends	10
Arthritis-related work outcomes experienced by younger to middle-aged adults: a systematic review	10
Lung cancer risk in painters: results from the SYNERGY pooled case–control study consortium	10
Adverse social behaviour at the workplace and subsequent physician certified sick leave: a three-wave prospective study of the general working population in Norway	10
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among occupational fishermen: a systematic literature review	10
Sexual and gender harassment and use of psychotropic medication among Swedish workers: a prospective cohort study	10
Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study in 10 Colombian cities	10
Occupations and exposure events in acute and subacute irritant-induced asthma	10
Demographic variation in fit note receipt and long-term conditions in south London	10
Evening chronotype is associated with poor work ability and disability pensions at midlife: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study	10
Associations between physical and psychosocial work environment factors and sickness absence incidence depend on the lengths of the sickness absence episodes: a prospective study of 27 678 Danish empl	9
Socio-economic disparity in the global burden of occupational noise-induced hearing loss: an analysis for 2017 and the trend since 1990	9
Perceived sources of occupational burn-out and embitterment among front-line health workers for COVID-19 control in Gyeonggi province, South Korea: a qualitative study	9
Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure and childhood allergies: the Japan Environment and Children’s study	9
First trimester employment, working conditions and preterm birth: a prospective population-based cohort study	9
Sex-specific risks and trends in lung cancer mortality across occupations and economic activities in Switzerland (1990–2014)	9
Exposure–response assessment of cancer mortality in styrene-exposed boatbuilders	9
Pneumoconiosis progression patterns in US coal miner participants of a job transfer programme designed to prevent progression of disease	9
Chronic renal disease among lead-exposed workers	9
Association of sedentary work with colon and rectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Cluster of chalazia in nurses using eye protection while caring for critically ill patients with COVID-19 in intensive care	9
Transitioning to job redesign: improving workplace health and safety in the COVID-19 era	9
Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers: a cross-sectional study from Changhua Community-based Integrated Screening programme	9
Cardiovascular responses to physical activity during work and leisure	9
Shift work and sickness absence at a Norwegian hospital: a longitudinal multilevel study	9
Cumulative impact of high job demands, low job control and high job insecurity on midlife depression and anxiety: a prospective cohort study of Australian employees	9
Lung cancer mortality in the European cohort of titanium dioxide workers: a reanalysis of the exposure–response relationship	8
Maternal preconception and first trimester exposure to PM10and the risk of oral clefts in offspring: a population-based, case–control study	8
Incidence and mortality from malignant mesothelioma 1982–2020 and relationship with asbestos exposure: the Australian Mesothelioma Registry	8
Airborne occupational exposures and inflammatory biomarkers in the Lifelines cohort study	8
Quality of reporting and risk of bias: a review of randomised trials in occupational health	8
Work functioning among young adults: the role of mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood	8
Occupational exposure to whole-body vibrations and pregnancy complications: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden	8
Prevalence of exposure to multiple occupational carcinogens among exposed workers in Australia	8
COVID-19: are not all workers ‘essential’?	8
Job control, job demands and job strain and suicidal behaviour among three million workers in Sweden	8
Exposure to cholinesterase inhibiting insecticides and blood glucose level in a population of Ugandan smallholder farmers	8
Occupational exposure to specific organic solvents and risk of subtypes of breast cancer in a large population of Danish women, 1964–2016	8
Gendered working environments as a determinant of mental health inequalities: a systematic review of 27 studies	8
Occupational COVID-19: what can be learned from notifications of occupational diseases?	7
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic	7
Pulmonary function and high-resolution computed tomography in outdoor rock drillers exposed to crystalline silica	7
Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica	7
Cancer and mortality in coal mine workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Do differences in work disability duration by interjurisdictional claim status vary by industry and jurisdictional context?	7
IARC-NCI workshop on an epidemiological toolkit to assess biases in human cancer studies for hazard identification: beyond the algorithm	7
Occupational exposure to soft paper dust and mortality	7
Do pooled estimates from meta-analyses of observational epidemiology studies contribute to causal inference?	7
Exposure to additives or multigrain flour is associated with high risk of work-related allergic symptoms among bakers	7
Incidence and predictors of violence from clients, intimate partners and police in a prospective US-based cohort of women in sex work	7
Employment and earnings trajectories before and after sickness absence due to major depressive disorder: a nationwide case–control study	7
Effect of retirement on cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Temporal association of prostate cancer incidence with World Trade Center rescue/recovery work	7
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among workers of the public higher education institutions of Porto, Portugal: a cross-sectional study	7
Telomerase gene variants and telomere shortening in patients with silicosis or asbestosis	7
Urinary mutagenicity and oxidative status of wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns in a Midwestern US forest	7
Do declines in occupational physical activity contribute to population gains in body mass index? Tromsø Study 1974–2016	7
Does gradually returning to work improve time to sustainable work after a work-acquired musculoskeletal disorder in British Columbia, Canada? A matched cohort effectiveness study	7
Integrating vocational rehabilitation and mental healthcare to improve the return-to-work process for people on sick leave with depression or anxiety: results from a three-arm, parallel randomised tri	7
Cross-sectional associations of different types of nature exposure with psychotropic, antihypertensive and asthma medication	7
Occupation and subcategories of asthma: a population-based incident case–control study	7
Respiratory traits and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis: Mendelian randomisation and association analysis	7
Hospitalised heat-related acute kidney injury in indoor and outdoor workers in the USA	7
Hearing loss as a predictor for hearing protection attenuation among miners	6
Systematic review of randomised control trial health promotion intervention studies in the fire services: study characteristics, intervention design and impacts on health	6
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfection during the second pandemic surge: a cohort study	6
Evaluation of a blended care programme for caregivers and working pregnant women to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes: an intervention study	6
Universal, selective and indicated interventions for supporting mental health at the workplace: an umbrella review of meta-analyses	6
Work environment risk factors for the duration of all cause and diagnose-specific sickness absence among healthcare workers in Sweden: a prospective study	6

Prevalence and risk factors for silicosis among a large cohort of stone benchtop industry workers	6
Night work, chronotype and risk of endometrial cancer in the Screenwide case–control study	6
Shift work with and without night shifts and breast cancer risk in a cohort study from Finland	6
Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults	6
Association of birthplace and occupational exposures with chronic bronchitis in US Hispanics/Latinos, 2008–2011	6
Impact of workplace injury on opioid dependence, abuse, illicit use and overdose: a 36-month retrospective study of insurance claims	6
Differences between women and men in the relationship between psychosocial stressors at work and work absence due to mental health problem	6
Elevated Alu retroelement copy number among workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust	6
Slip-resistant footwear reduces slips among National Health Service workers in England: a randomised controlled trial	6
Coworkers are more likely than patients to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection to healthcare personnel	6
Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers	6
Alterations to cardiac morphology and function among high-altitude workers: a retrospective cohort study	6
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk	6
Effectiveness of a lumbopelvic monitor and feedback device to change postural behaviour: the ELF cluster randomised controlled trial	6
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-analyses	6
Role of occupational exposures in lung cancer risk among women	5
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers	5
Learning from a global pandemic	5
Mortality from suicide among agricultural, fishery, forestry and hunting workers in Italy and the contribution of work-related factors	5
Lung and extrathoracic cancer incidence among underground uranium miners exposed to radon progeny in the Příbram region of the Czech Republic: a case–cohort study	5
Under-reporting of non-fatal occupational injuries among precarious and non-precarious workers in Sweden	5
Maternal occupation as a nail technician or hairdresser during pregnancy and birth defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011	5
Physical activity health paradox: reflections on physical activity guidelines and how to fill research gap	5
Challenges of pesticide exposure assessment in occupational studies of chronic diseases	5
Associations between workplace characteristics and ‘outness’ in LGBTI workers in Austria	5
COVID-19 infection among bartenders and waiters before and after pub lockdown	5
Increased risk of suicide after occupational injury in Korea	5
Randomised control trial of a proactive intervention supporting recovery in relation to stress and irregular work hours: effects on sleep, burn-out, fatigue and somatic symptoms	5
Survival of patients with asbestosis can be assessed by risk-predicting models	5
Night shift work and lymphoma: results from an Italian multicentre case–control study	5
Who maintains good health functioning? The contribution of social, work-related and behavioural factors to mental and physical health functioning trajectories in ageing employees	5
Night shift work undertaken by women and fertility treatment interact to increase prevalence of urogenital anomalies in children	5
Lower limb venous and arterial peripheral diseases and work conditions: systematic review	5
Occupational hand eczema reduces career length in hairdressers: a prospective cohort study of Danish hairdressers graduating from 1985 to 2007	5
Work-related adverse respiratory health outcomes at a machine manufacturing facility with a cluster of bronchiolitis, alveolar ductitis and emphysema (BADE)	5
Prunus persica9, a new occupational allergen from peach tree pollen involved in rhinitis and asthma	5
Plasma cutting and exposure to PM2.5 metal aerosol in metalworking, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2020	5
Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales	5
Prevalence and predictors of obesity among women in the fire service	5
Investigating the relationship between melatonin patterns and methylation in circadian genes among day shift and night shift workers	5
Temporal trends in the healthy soldier effect in a cohort of Royal Norwegian Navy servicemen followed for 67 years	5
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure	5
Characteristics of exposure to 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites among pregnant women: cohort of pregnant women in Zunyi, southwest China	5
Work-related asthma in the USA: nationally representative estimates with extended follow-up	5
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters	5
Contacts with general practitioner, sick leave and work participation after electrical injuries: a register-based, matched cohort study	5
Serological study of healthcare workers in four different hospitals in Madrid (Spain) with no previous history of COVID-19	5
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Occupational inhalational accidents: analysis of cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 2018	4
What role for asbestos in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Findings from the IPF job exposures case–control study	4
Surgery for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis in relation to cumulative occupational hand force requirements: a Danish nationwide cohort study	4
Polymorphism in GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes influence DNA damage in personnel occupationally exposed to volatile anaesthetics (VA), from Peshawar, Pakistan	4
N-95 respirator: gain in protection, pain in the face?	4
Cumulative exposure to psychosocial stressors at work and global cognitive function: the PROspective Quebec Study on Work and Health	4
How should data on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 change occupational health guidelines?	4
Asthma in pesticide users: an update from the Great Britain Prospective Investigation of Pesticide Applicators’ Health (PIPAH) cohort study	4
Trends in participation rates in case–control studies of occupational risk factors 1991–2017	4
Association between COVID-19 infection and work exposure assessed by the Mat-O-Covid job exposure matrix in the CONSTANCES cohort	4
Transplantation for work-related lung disease in the USA	4
Early detection of prostate cancer in firefighters: a register-based study of prognostic factors and survival	4
Fraction of acute work-related injuries attributable to hazardous occupational noise across the USA in 2019	4
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2021	4
Association of fine particulate matter with glucose and lipid metabolism: a longitudinal study in young adults	4
How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust	4
Comparison of cancer incidence and mortality in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort, 1960–2018	4
Do different job demands interact as predictors of long-term sickness absence? A register-based follow-up on 55 467 Danish workers	4
SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence among firefighters in Orange County, California	4
Risk of major chronic diseases in transport, rescue and security industries: a longitudinal register-based study	4
Malignant lymphoma and occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and electrical shocks: a nested case-control study in a cohort of four Nordic countries	4
Workplace interventions that aim to improve employee health and well-being in male-dominated industries: a systematic review	4
End-stage renal disease and metalworking fluid exposure	3
Effect of occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs on DNA damage in nurses: a cross-sectional study	3
Exposure-response relationship between hand-arm vibration exposure and vibrotactile thresholds among rock drill operators: a 4-year cohort study	3
Letter commentary on: Lung cancer mortality in the French cohort of titanium dioxide workers: some aetiological insights	3
1,3-Butadiene, styrene and lymphohaematopoietic cancers among North American synthetic rubber polymer workers: exposure–response analyses	3
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al	3
Ongoing risk of bladder cancer among former workers at the last benzidine manufacturing facility in the USA	3
Neurodegenerative diseases among miners in Ontario, Canada, using a linked cohort	3
Paramedic occupational violence mitigation: a comprehensive systematic review of emergency service worker prevention strategies and experiences for use in prehospital care	3
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity	3
Predictive value of non-specific bronchial challenge testing for respiratory symptoms and lung function in aluminium smelter workers	3
Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and antinuclear antibodies: a cross-sectional study in China	3
No association between night shiftwork and mammographic density	3
Dusty trades and associated rheumatoid arthritis in a population-based study in the coal mining counties of Appalachia	3
Allergic chromate dermatitis to cement in Australia: an ongoing problem	3
Temporal trends of the association between extreme temperatures and hospitalisations for schizophrenia in Hefei, China from 2005 to 2014	3
How does job dissatisfaction interact with self-rated health in determining the risk of health-related job loss? Prospective findings from the Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) study	3
Developing a company-specific job exposure matrix for the Asbest Chrysotile Cohort Study	3
Response to: Correspondence on “Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies” by Tucker	3
Use of permethrin and other pyrethroids and mortality in the Agricultural Health Study	3
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 2008	3
Intraindividual association between shift work and risk of drinking problems: data from the Finnish Public Sector Cohort	3
Impact of persistent pain symptoms on work absence, health status and employment 18 months following disabling work-related injury or illness	3
Evaluation of an exercise and ergonomics intervention for the prevention of neck pain in office workers: exploratory analysis of a cluster randomised trial	3
Relationship between sleep disorders, HIV status and cardiovascular risk: cross-sectional study of long-haul truck drivers from Southern Africa	3