OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 7. 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.)

Article	Citations
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure	101
Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults	72
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 2018	44
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Elevated Alu retroelement copy number among workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust	33
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–2017	31
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–2018	31
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	30
The need for, and challenges associated with, assessing occupational work histories for bladder and other occupational cancers	29
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries	28
Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers’ pneumoconiosis	26
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study	26
Workplace interventions that aim to improve employee health and well-being in male-dominated industries: a systematic review	25
Cardiovascular responses to physical activity during work and leisure	25
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners	23
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers	23
Cumulative exposure to psychosocial stressors at work and global cognitive function: the PROspective Quebec Study on Work and Health	21
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort	20
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy	20
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence	20
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al	19
Correction:Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales	19
Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w	18
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey	18
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–2016	17

Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007–2018	17
Four-year follow-up of surface contamination by antineoplastic drugs in a compounding unit	17
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers	17
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?	17
Repetitive and forceful movements of the hand as predictors of treatment for pain in the distal upper extremities	16
Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and follicular lymphoma risk: a family case–control study	16
Correction:Lifetime exposure to rubber dusts, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in a cohort of British rubber workers with 49 years follow-up	16
Association of occupational and environmental clinics exposure code system and criteria for substances that cause work-related asthma	16
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort	16
Outbreak of lead poisoning from a civilian indoor firing range in the UK	15
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity	14
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study	14
Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials	14
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former professional American-style football players	14
Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA	13
Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation	13
Epidemiology of work-related fall injuries resulting in hospitalisation: individual and work risk factors and severity	13
Risks of COVID-19 by occupation in NHS workers in England	12
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 1939	12
Cancer incidence and mortality in the USA Astronaut Corps, 1959–2017	12
Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders	12
Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers	12
Magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations and risk of cancer in adults: a cohort study	12
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma	12
Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines	12
How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust	11
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans	11
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US workers’ compensation system	11
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study	11
Comparison of factors associated with postpartum depression from two cohorts of nurses: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study and the Nurses’ Health Study 3	11
Applying a ‘presumably plausible’ principle in a new one-time financial compensation system for occupational diseases in the Netherlands	11
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	11
Disparities in death at work: reflections on occupational injury fatality data	11
Maternal occupation as a nail technician or hairdresser during pregnancy and birth defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011	11
Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study	10
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis	10
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2021	10
Who tests for lead and why? A 10-year analysis of blood lead screening, follow-up and CNS outcomes in a statewide US healthcare system	10
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study	10
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce	10
Volume-based tomography for the diagnosis of incipient silicosis in former gold miners	10
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 1996–2019	9
Quality of reporting and risk of bias: a review of randomised trials in occupational health	9
Correction: Bladder cancer incidence among workers exposed to o-toluidine, aniline and nitrobenzene at a rubber chemical manufacturing plant	9
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 2008	9
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 in	9
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters	9

Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers	9
Residential extremely low frequency magnetic fields and skin cancer	9
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers	9
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	9
Unemployment due to the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic among people with and without severe disabilities: a difference-in-differences analysis	9
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA	8
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) risk	8
Fraction of acute work-related injuries attributable to hazardous occupational noise across the USA in 2019	8
Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff in England: workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic	8
Lack of association of impaired upper airway sensation with the presence or absence of obstructive sleep apnoea or chronic rhinosinusitis in World Trade Center responders	8
Response to: Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al	8
1,3-Butadiene, styrene and lymphohaematopoietic cancers among North American synthetic rubber polymer workers: exposure–response analyses	8
Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al	8
Estimating the relationship between precarious employment and occupational injury: do the registry data tell the whole story?	8
Individual responses to the implementation of mandatory fitness testing within a fire department	7
National examination of occupational hazards in emergency medical services	7
Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states	7
Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature	7
Occupational asthma in the salmon processing industry: a case series	7
Incident skin melanoma in Danish male military pilots: a nested case–control study	7
Surveillance is the first step to preventing injury among fast jet aircrew: results of a 2-year prospective cohort study	7
Impact of legislative reform on worker fatalities in New Zealand workplaces: a 30-year retrospective population-level analysis	7
Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
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 period	7
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines	7
Emotional demands at work and risk of disability pension: a nationwide cohort study in Denmark	7
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy	7
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health	7