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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults	78
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 2018	46
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–2018	44
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–2017	33
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure	33
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries	32
Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers’ pneumoconiosis	30
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	29
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study	27
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners	27
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort	22
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers	22
High occupational physical activity and its combined effect with leisure-time physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: systematic reviews and meta-analyses	21
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence	20
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy	20
Four-year follow-up of surface contamination by antineoplastic drugs in a compounding unit	19
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–2016	19
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al	19
Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007–2018	19
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?	18
Correction:Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales	18
Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
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	18
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers	18

Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and follicular lymphoma risk: a family case–control study	17
Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w	17
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort	17
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey	17
Outbreak of lead poisoning from a civilian indoor firing range in the UK	17
Association of occupational and environmental clinics exposure code system and criteria for substances that cause work-related asthma	17
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former professional American-style football players	16
Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA	16
Magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations and risk of cancer in adults: a cohort study	15
Epidemiology of work-related fall injuries resulting in hospitalisation: individual and work risk factors and severity	15
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials	15
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity	15
Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation	15
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study	15
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 1939	14
Are we underestimating indoor radon exposure in radon priority areas?	14
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma	14
Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines	14
Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders	14
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world	13
Comparison of factors associated with postpartum depression from two cohorts of nurses: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study and the Nurses’ Health Study 3	13
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study	13
How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust	13
Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers	13
Applying a ‘presumably plausible’ principle in a new one-time financial compensation system for occupational diseases in the Netherlands	12
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US workers’ compensation system	12
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans	12
Disparities in death at work: reflections on occupational injury fatality data	12
Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study	11
Correction: Bladder cancer incidence among workers exposed to o-toluidine, aniline and nitrobenzene at a rubber chemical manufacturing plant	11
Rest, shade, hydration and hygiene for the prevention of kidney injuries and inflammation in a Nicaraguan sugarcane worker cohort	11
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce	11
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	11
Residential extremely low frequency magnetic fields and skin cancer	10
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	10
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers	10
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	10
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study	10
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters	9
Estimating the relationship between precarious employment and occupational injury: do the registry data tell the whole story?	9
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2021	9
Volume-based tomography for the diagnosis of incipient silicosis in former gold miners	9
Occupational biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome surgery: a prospective cohort study on 203 866 Swedish male construction workers followed for 19 years	9
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA	9
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis	9
Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers	9
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 2008	9
Unemployment due to the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic among people with and without severe disabilities: a difference-in-differences analysis	9
Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff in England: workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic	8

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	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
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk	8
OPERAS decision support system versus manual job coding: a quantitative analysis on coding time and inter-coder reliability	8
Response to: Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al	8
Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al	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
Fraction of acute work-related injuries attributable to hazardous occupational noise across the USA in 2019	8
Mortality and cancer incidence in a population exposed to TCDD after the Seveso, Italy, accident (1976–2013)	8
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines	8
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health	7
Trajectories of work ability and associated work unit characteristics from pre-COVID to post-COVID pandemic period	7
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic	7
Airborne occupational exposures associated with pulmonary sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
A less detailed job axis in a quantitative job-exposure matrix results in a similar exposure-response association	7
National examination of occupational hazards in emergency medical services	7
Impact of legislative reform on worker fatalities in New Zealand workplaces: a 30-year retrospective population-level analysis	7
COPD mortality among workers in the construction industry, by occupation: USA, 2021–2022	7
Surveillance is the first step to preventing injury among fast jet aircrew: results of a 2-year prospective cohort study	7
Sex and race disparities in the association between work characteristics and vitamin D deficiency: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2010	7
Occupational asthma in the salmon processing industry: a case series	7
Individual responses to the implementation of mandatory fitness testing within a fire department	7
Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’	7
Incident skin melanoma in Danish male military pilots: a nested case–control study	7
Emotional demands at work and risk of disability pension: a nationwide cohort study in Denmark	7
Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study	7
Increased all-cause mortality following occupational injury: a comparison of two states	7
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy	7