Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants361
Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among frontline nurses fighting against COVID-1998
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 pandemic90
Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection, exposure risk and mental health among a cohort of essential retail workers in the USA74
Occupation and COVID-19 mortality in England: a national linked data study of 14.3 million adults60
COVID-19 risk management at the workplace, fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among frontline employees45
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy38
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) colonisation and infection among livestock workers and veterinarians: a systematic review and meta-analysis36
Identification of early-stage silicosis through health screening of stone benchtop industry workers in Victoria, Australia32
Mask-associated ‘de novo’ headache in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic30
Risks of COVID-19 by occupation in NHS workers in England28
Mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic27
Changes in work and life patterns associated with depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study of health app (CALO mama) users26
High physical work demands have worse consequences for older workers: prospective study of long-term sickness absence among 69 117 employees26
Cleaning products and respiratory health outcomes in occupational cleaners: a systematic review and meta-analysis26
Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis25
Incidence of outbreak-associated COVID-19 cases by industry in Ontario, Canada, 1 April 2020–31 March 202125
Line managers’ hiring intentions regarding people with mental health problems: a cross-sectional study on workplace stigma22
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 employees21
Extreme diurnal temperature range and cardiovascular emergency hospitalisations in a Mediterranean region21
Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis20
Update on the epidemiology of work-related traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis20
Occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease in the United States19
Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies19
Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature18
Dynamics of the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers at a COVID-19 referral hospital in Milan, Italy18
Occupation, work-related contact and SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid serological status: findings from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study18
Associations between high ambient temperatures and asthma exacerbation among children in Philadelphia, PA: a time series analysis18
Lifetime high occupational physical activity and total and cause-specific mortality among 320 000 adults in the NIH-AARP study: a cohort study18
Cancer incidence and mortality in the USA Astronaut Corps, 1959–201717
Occupational and environmental exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in and around infected mink farms17
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study16
Incident hypertension in relation to aircraft noise exposure: results of the DEBATS longitudinal study in France16
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 workers15
Effectiveness of a workplace intervention reducing psychosocial stressors at work on blood pressure and hypertension15
Occupational use of high-level disinfectants and asthma incidence in early- to mid-career female nurses: a prospective cohort study15
Cancer incidence in World Trade Center-exposed and non-exposed male firefighters, as compared with the US adult male population: 2001–201615
Prevalence and risk factors for silicosis among a large cohort of stone benchtop industry workers15
Household transmission and incidence of positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR in symptomatic healthcare workers, clinical course and outcome: a French hospital experience15
Markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function among sugarcane workers with cross-harvest serum creatinine elevation15
Factors associated with neck pain in fighter aircrew: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Effect of ambient temperature on stroke onset: a time-series analysis between 2003 and 2014 in Shenzhen, China14
Changes in prolonged sedentary behaviour across the transition to retirement13
Sexual and gender harassment and use of psychotropic medication among Swedish workers: a prospective cohort study13
Organisational factors and under-reporting of occupational injuries in Sweden: a population-based study using capture–recapture methodology13
Ambient temperatures, heatwaves and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Brisbane, Australia13
Incidence and mortality from malignant mesothelioma 1982–2020 and relationship with asbestos exposure: the Australian Mesothelioma Registry13
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 intervention13
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) study13
Occupational exposure to antimony trioxide: a risk assessment13
Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure and childhood allergies: the Japan Environment and Children’s study12
Occupations and exposure events in acute and subacute irritant-induced asthma12
Cardiovascular responses to physical activity during work and leisure12
Characteristics of exposure to 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites among pregnant women: cohort of pregnant women in Zunyi, southwest China12
Is casual employment in Australia bad for workers’ health?12
Suicide among Scottish military veterans: follow-up and trends12
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-analyses12
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce12
Adverse social behaviour at the workplace and subsequent physician certified sick leave: a three-wave prospective study of the general working population in Norway12
Physical workload and increased frequency of musculoskeletal pain: a cohort study of employed men and women with baseline occasional pain12
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 tri12
First trimester employment, working conditions and preterm birth: a prospective population-based cohort study11
Do pooled estimates from meta-analyses of observational epidemiology studies contribute to causal inference?11
Shift work with and without night shifts and breast cancer risk in a cohort study from Finland11
Universal, selective and indicated interventions for supporting mental health at the workplace: an umbrella review of meta-analyses11
Cumulative impact of high job demands, low job control and high job insecurity on midlife depression and anxiety: a prospective cohort study of Australian employees11
Occupational risk factors for work disability following carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled prospective study11
Evening chronotype is associated with poor work ability and disability pensions at midlife: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study11
Cancer and mortality in coal mine workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis10
IARC-NCI workshop on an epidemiological toolkit to assess biases in human cancer studies for hazard identification: beyond the algorithm10
Occupational exposure to specific organic solvents and risk of subtypes of breast cancer in a large population of Danish women, 1964–201610
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–202110
Lung cancer risk in painters: results from the SYNERGY pooled case–control study consortium10
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis10
Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers: a cross-sectional study from Changhua Community-based Integrated Screening programme10
Quality of reporting and risk of bias: a review of randomised trials in occupational health10
Cross-sectional associations of different types of nature exposure with psychotropic, antihypertensive and asthma medication10
Work functioning among young adults: the role of mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood10
Occupational pesticide use and self-reported olfactory impairment in US farmers10
Sleep quality and military training injury during basic combat training: a prospective cohort study of Chinese male recruits10
Job control, job demands and job strain and suicidal behaviour among three million workers in Sweden9
Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales9
Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica9
Under-reporting of non-fatal occupational injuries among precarious and non-precarious workers in Sweden9
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among occupational fishermen: a systematic literature review9
COVID-19: are not all workers ‘essential’?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 study9
Systematic review of randomised control trial health promotion intervention studies in the fire services: study characteristics, intervention design and impacts on health9
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk9
Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study in 10 Colombian cities9
Association of sedentary work with colon and rectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis9
Doctors’ perceived working conditions, psychological health and patient care: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies8
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among workers of the public higher education institutions of Porto, Portugal: a cross-sectional study8
Occupational COVID-19: what can be learned from notifications of occupational diseases?8
Workplace interventions that aim to improve employee health and well-being in male-dominated industries: a systematic review8
Effect of retirement on cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis8
Occupation and subcategories of asthma: a population-based incident case–control study8
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfection during the second pandemic surge: a cohort study8
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic8
Incidence and predictors of violence from clients, intimate partners and police in a prospective US-based cohort of women in sex work8
Lung cancer mortality in the European cohort of titanium dioxide workers: a reanalysis of the exposure–response relationship8
Asthma in pesticide users: an update from the Great Britain Prospective Investigation of Pesticide Applicators’ Health (PIPAH) cohort study8
Hospitalised heat-related acute kidney injury in indoor and outdoor workers in the USA8
Urinary mutagenicity and oxidative status of wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns in a Midwestern US forest8
Does gradually returning to work improve time to sustainable work after a work-acquired musculoskeletal disorder in British Columbia, Canada? A matched cohort effectiveness study8
Night work, chronotype and risk of endometrial cancer in the Screenwide case–control study8
Do differences in work disability duration by interjurisdictional claim status vary by industry and jurisdictional context?7
Temporal association of prostate cancer incidence with World Trade Center rescue/recovery work7
Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults7
What role for asbestos in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Findings from the IPF job exposures case–control study7
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 symptoms7
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters7
Precarious employment and occupational injuries in Sweden between 2006 and 2014: a register-based study7
Hearing loss as a predictor for hearing protection attenuation among miners7
Respiratory traits and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis: Mendelian randomisation and association analysis7
Do different job demands interact as predictors of long-term sickness absence? A register-based follow-up on 55 467 Danish workers7
Evaluation of a blended care programme for caregivers and working pregnant women to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes: an intervention study7
Do declines in occupational physical activity contribute to population gains in body mass index? Tromsø Study 1974–20167
Employment and earnings trajectories before and after sickness absence due to major depressive disorder: a nationwide case–control study7
Slip-resistant footwear reduces slips among National Health Service workers in England: a randomised controlled trial7
Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers7
Telomerase gene variants and telomere shortening in patients with silicosis or asbestosis7
Plasma cutting and exposure to PM2.5 metal aerosol in metalworking, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 20207
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers7
Associations between workplace characteristics and ‘outness’ in LGBTI workers in Austria7
Relationship between sleep disorders, HIV status and cardiovascular risk: cross-sectional study of long-haul truck drivers from Southern Africa7
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