OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 8. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants	335
The COVID-19 pandemic: major risks to healthcare and other workers on the front line	202
Working from home in the time of COVID-19: how to best preserve occupational health?	176
Migrant workers and COVID-19	158
Global prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in police personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis	104
Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among frontline nurses fighting against COVID-19	89
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
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	56
Occupational factors in the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: compensation claims applications support establishing an occupational surveillance system	48
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	45
Psychological impact of quarantine on healthcare workers	39
Workplace violence and health in human service industries: a systematic review of prospective and longitudinal studies	36
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among firefighters/paramedics of a US fire department: a cross-sectional study	36
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) colonisation and infection among livestock workers and veterinarians: a systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy	33
Challenges and opportunities for occupational health and safety after the COVID-19 lockdowns	32
High physical work demands and working life expectancy in Denmark	31
Mask-associated ‘de novo’ headache in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	28
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	25

Cleaning products and respiratory health outcomes in occupational cleaners: a systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Risks of COVID-19 by occupation in NHS workers in England	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
Benzene-associated immunosuppression and chronic inflammation in humans: a systematic review	22
High physical work demands have worse consequences for older workers: prospective study of long-term sickness absence among 69 117 employees	21
Incidence of outbreak-associated COVID-19 cases by industry in Ontario, Canada, 1 April 2020–31 March 2021	20
Short-term effects of outdoor air pollution on acute ischaemic stroke occurrence: a case-crossover study in Tianjin, China	20
Progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis absent further exposure	20
Extreme diurnal temperature range and cardiovascular emergency hospitalisations in a Mediterranean region	20
Changes in outdoor air pollution due to COVID-19 lockdowns differ by pollutant: evidence from Scotland	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
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	18
Human papillomavirus and surgical smoke: a systematic review	18
Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Line managers’ hiring intentions regarding people with mental health problems: a cross-sectional study on workplace stigma	17
Occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease in the United States	17
Indoor temperature and relative humidity in hospitals: workplace considerations during the novel coronavirus pandemic	17
Occupation, work-related contact and SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid serological status: findings from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study	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
Update on the epidemiology of work-related traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
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
Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis	14
Occupational physical activity, not leisure-time physical activity, is associated with increased high-sensitivity C reactive protein levels	14
Occupational and environmental exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in and around infected mink farms	14
Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature	14
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study	14
Associations between high ambient temperatures and asthma exacerbation among children in Philadelphia, PA: a time series analysis	13
Markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function among sugarcane workers with cross-harvest serum creatinine elevation	13
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among emergency medical services night shift workers	13
Effectiveness of a workplace intervention reducing psychosocial stressors at work on blood pressure and hypertension	13
Influence of changing working conditions on exit from paid employment among workers with a chronic disease	13
Occupational radiation exposure and morbidity of circulatory disease among diagnostic medical radiation workers in South Korea	13
Occupational use of high-level disinfectants and asthma incidence in early- to mid-career female nurses: a prospective cohort study	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
Organisational factors and under-reporting of occupational injuries in Sweden: a population-based study using capture–recapture methodology	12
Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies	12
Ambient temperatures, heatwaves and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Brisbane, Australia	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
Lung cancer mortality in the French cohort of titanium dioxide workers: some aetiological insights	12
Effect of ambient temperature on stroke onset: a time-series analysis between 2003 and 2014 in Shenzhen, China	12
Changes in prolonged sedentary behaviour across the transition to retirement	12
Cancer incidence and mortality in the USA Astronaut Corps, 1959–2017	12
Occupational exposure to antimony trioxide: a risk assessment	12
Factors associated with neck pain in fighter aircrew: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure and childhood allergies: the Japan Environment and Children’s study	11
Incident hypertension in relation to aircraft noise exposure: results of the DEBATS longitudinal study in France	11
Arthritis-related work outcomes experienced by younger to middle-aged adults: a systematic review	11
Is casual employment in Australia bad for workers’ health?	11

Cancer incidence in World Trade Center-exposed and non-exposed male firefighters, as compared with the US adult male population: 2001–2016	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
Occupational risk factors for work disability following carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled prospective study	11
Occupational radiation and haematopoietic malignancy mortality in the retrospective cohort study of US radiologic technologists, 1983–2012	11
Physical workload and increased frequency of musculoskeletal pain: a cohort study of employed men and women with baseline occasional pain	11
Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study in 10 Colombian cities	10
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce	10
Occupations and exposure events in acute and subacute irritant-induced asthma	10
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among occupational fishermen: a systematic literature review	10
Evening chronotype is associated with poor work ability and disability pensions at midlife: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study	10
Sleep quality and military training injury during basic combat training: a prospective cohort study of Chinese male recruits	10
Cluster of chalazia in nurses using eye protection while caring for critically ill patients with COVID-19 in intensive care	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
Occupational pesticide use and self-reported olfactory impairment in US farmers	10
Suicide among Scottish military veterans: follow-up and trends	10
Cardiovascular responses to physical activity during work and leisure	10
Lung cancer risk in painters: results from the SYNERGY pooled case–control study consortium	10
First trimester employment, working conditions and preterm birth: a prospective population-based cohort study	10
Sexual and gender harassment and use of psychotropic medication among Swedish workers: a prospective cohort study	10
Long work hours and decreased glomerular filtration rate in the Korean working population	10
Association of sedentary work with colon and rectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Sex-specific risks and trends in lung cancer mortality across occupations and economic activities in Switzerland (1990–2014)	9
Socio-economic disparity in the global burden of occupational noise-induced hearing loss: an analysis for 2017 and the trend since 1990	9
Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers: a cross-sectional study from Changhua Community-based Integrated Screening programme	9
Shift work and sickness absence at a Norwegian hospital: a longitudinal multilevel study	9
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
Transitioning to job redesign: improving workplace health and safety in the COVID-19 era	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
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
Work functioning among young adults: the role of mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood	9
Incidence and mortality from malignant mesothelioma 1982–2020 and relationship with asbestos exposure: the Australian Mesothelioma Registry	9
Exposure–response assessment of cancer mortality in styrene-exposed boatbuilders	9
Quality of reporting and risk of bias: a review of randomised trials in occupational health	8
Cancer and mortality in coal mine workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
IARC-NCI workshop on an epidemiological toolkit to assess biases in human cancer studies for hazard identification: beyond the algorithm	8
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic	8
Exposure to cholinesterase inhibiting insecticides and blood glucose level in a population of Ugandan smallholder farmers	8
COVID-19: are not all workers ‘essential’?	8
Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica	8
Job control, job demands and job strain and suicidal behaviour among three million workers in Sweden	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
Effectiveness of a lumbopelvic monitor and feedback device to change postural behaviour: the ELF cluster randomised controlled trial	8
Gendered working environments as a determinant of mental health inequalities: a systematic review of 27 studies	8
Occupation and subcategories of asthma: a population-based incident case–control study	8
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
Occupational exposure to specific organic solvents and risk of subtypes of breast cancer in a large population of Danish women, 1964–2016	8
Airborne occupational exposures and inflammatory biomarkers in the Lifelines cohort study	8