International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Article	Citations
Metropolitan wastewater analysis for COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance	173
Relationship between COVID-19 and weather: Case study in a tropical country	170
Estimation of the time-varying reproduction number of COVID-19 outbreak in China	156
Extreme weather events in europe and their health consequences – A systematic review	111
Manure-borne pathogens as an important source of water contamination: An update on the dynamics of pathogen survival/transport as well as practical risk mitigation strategies	95
Health, work performance, and risk of infection in office-like environments: The role of indoor temperature, air humidity, and ventilation	92
Environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces, air-conditioner and ventilation systems	89
The determinants of handwashing behaviour in domestic settings: An integrative systematic review	86
First respiratory transmitted food borne outbreak?	85
Urine glyphosate level as a quantitative biomarker of oral exposure	81
Human biomonitoring initiative (HBM4EU) - Strategy to derive human biomonitoring guidance values (HBM-GVs) for health risk assessment	78
Prevalence of ESKAPE pathogens in the environment: Antibiotic resistance status, community-acquired infection and risk to human health	77
Phthalate metabolites in urine of children and adolescents in Germany. Human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey GerES V, 2014–2017	69
The European human biomonitoring platform - Design and implementation of a laboratory quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) programme for selected priority chemicals	69
SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: Challenges for developing countries	64
HBM4EU combines and harmonises human biomonitoring data across the EU, building on existing capacity – The HBM4EU survey	60
Chemical prioritisation strategy in the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) – Development and results	56
Chemicals inhaled from spray cleaning and disinfection products and their respiratory effects. A comprehensive review	56
Human fecal contamination of water, soil, and surfaces in households sharing poor-quality sanitation facilities in Maputo, Mozambique	54
Lead (Pb) and neurodevelopment: A review on exposure and biomarkers of effect (BDNF, HDL) and susceptibility	51
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in urine of children and adolescents in Germany – human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey 2014–2017 (GerES V)	49
Effects of ambient temperature and humidity on droplet lifetime – A perspective of exhalation sneeze droplets with COVID-19 virus transmission	49
Filtration performances of non-medical materials as candidates for manufacturing facemasks and respirators	48
Biomonitoring of occupational exposure to phthalates: A systematic review	45
Lead, cadmium, mercury, and chromium in urine and blood of children and adolescents in Germany – Human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey 2014–2017 (GerES V)	45

From spontaneous to strategic natural window ventilation: Improving indoor air quality in Swiss schools	44
Impacts of transportation and meteorological factors on the transmission of COVID-19	43
Hexamoll® DINCH and DPHP metabolites in urine of children and adolescents in Germany. Human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey GerES V, 2014–2017	43
Human experimental exposure to glyphosate and biomonitoring of young Swedish adults	42
Prenatal pesticide exposure and childhood leukemia – A California statewide case-control study	40
Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries	40
The European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU): Human biomonitoring guidance values for selected phthalates and a substitute plasticizer	38
Long-term time trend of lead exposure in young German adults – Evaluation of more than 35 Years of data of the German Environmental Specimen Bank	38
Epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 by genome quantification in wastewater applied to a city in the northeast of France: Comparison of ultrafiltration- and protein precipitation-based methods	37
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in blood plasma – Results of the German Environmental Survey for children and adolescents 2014–2017 (GerES V)	37
A systematic review of water, sanitation and hygiene among Roma communities in Europe: Situation analysis, cultural context, and obstacles to improvement	37
PCB in air, dust and surface wipes in 73 Danish homes	36
Low-cost bio-based sustainable removal of lead and cadmium using a polyphenolic bioactive Indian curry leaf (Murraya koengii) powder	36
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among hospital workers in a German tertiary care center: A sequential follow-up study	35
Mechanisms underlying nontoxic indoor air health problems: A review	35
Nasal disinfection for the prevention and control of COVID-19: A scoping review on potential chemo-preventive agents	34
Depression and anxiety with exposure to ozone and particulate matter: An epidemiological claims data analysis	34
The association between natural environments and childhood mental health and development: A systematic review and assessment of different exposure measurements	33
Pathogen flows from on-site sanitation systems in low-income urban neighborhoods, Dhaka: A quantitative environmental assessment	33
Multi-exposures to suspected endocrine disruptors in electronic waste recycling workers: Associations with thyroid and reproductive hormones	33
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and asthma in young children: NHANES 2013–2014	32
Systematic review and meta-analysis of time-temperature pathogen inactivation	32
Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances in donor breast milk in Southern Spain and their potential determinants	31
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds is associated with a risk of obesity and diabetes mellitus among Korean adults: Korean National Environmental Health Survey	31
Assessment of microbial risks by characterization of Escherichia coli presence to analyze the public health risks from poor water quality in Nepal	31
Indoor air chemistry: Terpene reaction products and airway effects	31
Fate of faecal pathogen indicators during faecal sludge composting with different bulking agents in tropical climate	31
Consumer behavior and exposure to parabens, bisphenols, triclosan, dichlorophenols, and benzophenone-3: Results from a crowdsourced biomonitoring study	30
PFAS levels and determinants of variability in exposure in European teenagers – Results from the HBM4EU aligned studies (2014–2021)	30
State of knowledge on the occupational exposure to carbon nanotubes	30
Ventilation conditions and their influence on thermal comfort in examination classrooms in times of COVID-19. A case study in a Spanish area with Mediterranean climate	30
Chlorination for low-cost household water disinfection – A critical review and status in three Latin American countries	28
Assessing the efficiency of constructed wetlands in removing PPCPs from treated wastewater and mitigating the ecotoxicological impacts	28
Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014–2021)	28
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on contact surfaces within shared sanitation facilities	28
Quality assurance and harmonization for targeted biomonitoring measurements of environmental organic chemicals across the Children's Health Exposure Analysis Resource laboratory network	27
Revalue associations of short-term exposure to air pollution with respiratory hospital admissions in Lanzhou, China after the control and treatment of current pollution	27
Modelling faecal pathogen flows and health risks in urban Bangladesh: Implications for sanitation decision making	27
Association between maternal exposure to ambient PM10 and neural tube defects: A case-control study in Liaoning Province, China	26
Association between phthalate exposure and asthma risk: A meta-analysis of observational studies	26
Surfaces and equipment contamination by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the emergency department at a university hospital	25
Impact of heat waves and cold spells on cause-specific mortality in the city of São Paulo, Brazil	25
Lead exposure and its association with cardiovascular disease and diabetic kidney disease in middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients	25
How to assess respiratory sensitization of low molecular weight chemicals?	24
Effects of short-term fine particulate matter exposure on acute respiratory infection in children	24
Impact of an intervention to improve pit latrine emptying practices in low income urban neighborhoods of Maputo, Mozambique	23
Risk assessment concepts and approaches for indoor air chemicals in Japan	23
The role of mercury, selenium and the Se-Hg antagonism on cognitive neurodevelopment: A 40-month follow-up of the Italian mother-child PHIME cohort	23
Prenatal exposure to a mixture of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and child reading skills at school age	23
Association between exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and metabolic syndrome and related outcomes among older residents living near a Science Park in Taiwan	23

The special vulnerability of children	22
Biomarkers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Sub-Arctic and Arctic communities in Canada	22
Relationship between time-varying exposure to occupational noise and incident hypertension: A prospective cohort study	22
Daily changes in household water access and quality in urban slums undermine global safe water monitoring programmes	22
Characterization of inhalable endotoxin, glucan, and dust exposures in Iowa farmers	22
Alterations of fecal antibiotic resistome in COVID-19 patients after empirical antibiotic exposure	22
Increased preterm birth following maternal wildfire smoke exposure in Brazil	22
Substitutes mimic the exposure behaviour of REACH regulated phthalates – A review of the German HBM system on the example of plasticizers	21
Short term effects of air pollutants on hospital admissions for respiratory diseases among children: A multi-city time-series study in China	21
Prenatal pesticide exposure and respiratory health outcomes in the first year of life: Results from the infants’ Environmental Health (ISA) study	21
Characterising the exposure of Australian firefighters to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons generated in simulated compartment fires	21
Interlaboratory comparison investigations (ICI) and external quality assurance schemes (EQUAS) for cadmium in urine and blood: Results from the HBM4EU project	21
Serum concentration trends and apparent half-lives of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australian firefighters	20
Seasonality of drinking water sources and the impact of drinking water source on enteric infections among children in Limpopo, South Africa	20
Plasma levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and breast cancer mortality: The Carolina Breast Cancer Study	20
Normal variability of 22 elements in 24-hour urine samples – Results from a biobank from healthy non-smoking adults	20
Assessment of triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) exposure to nail salon workers by air, hand wipe, and urine analysis	19
The challenge of achieving safely managed drinking water supply on San Cristobal island, Galápagos	19
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA): No high-level accumulation in human lung and kidney tissue	18
Prenatal PM2.5 exposure and neurodevelopment at 2 years of age in a birth cohort from Mexico city	18
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for water and sanitation in Indonesia – Results from a five-year (2013–2017) large-scale effectiveness evaluation	18
Effects of climate variables on the COVID-19 outbreak in Spain	18
Impact of dust on airborne Staphylococcus aureus’ viability, culturability, inflammogenicity, and biofilm forming capacity	18
Association of ambient air pollution with depressive and anxiety symptoms in pregnant women: A prospective cohort study	18
What drives antibiotic use in the community? A systematic review of determinants in the human outpatient sector	18
Establishing associations between residential greenness and markers of adiposity among middle-aged and older Chinese adults through multilevel structural equation models	18
Particle and metal exposure in Parisian subway: Relationship between exposure biomarkers in air, exhaled breath condensate, and urine	18
Association of placental concentrations of phenolic endocrine disrupting chemicals with cognitive functioning in preschool children from the Environment and Childhood (INMA) Project	18
Integrating health indicators into urban and transport planning: A narrative literature review and participatory process	17
Public health performance of sanitation technologies in Tamil Nadu, India: Initial perspectives based on E. coli release	17
Exposure to air pollution—a trigger for myocardial infarction? A nine-year study in Bialystok—the capital of the Green Lungs of Poland (BIA-ACS registry)	17
Coping with water insecurity at the household level: A synthesis of qualitative evidence	17
Systematic review of biomonitoring data on occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium	17
Community design and hypertension: Walkability and park access relationships with cardiovascular health	17
Estimating plasma half-lives of dioxin like and non-dioxin like polychlorinated biphenyls after occupational exposure in the German HELPcB cohort	17
Temporal trends and determinants of PFR exposure in the Hokkaido Study	17
The German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents 2014–2017 (GerES V) – Study population, response rates and representativeness	17
An epigenome-wide association study of ambient pyrethroid pesticide exposures in California's central valley	17
Internal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vegans and omnivores	17
Wastewater-based epidemiology for early warning of SARS-COV-2 circulation: A pilot study conducted in Sicily, Italy	17
Exposure to ambient air pollution and executive function among Chinese primary schoolchildren	17
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixtures and gestational weight gain among mothers in the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment study	17
Persisting antibiotic resistance gene pollution and its association with human sewage sources in tropical marine beach waters	17
Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016–2020 (FLEHS IV)	17
A biomonitoring study assessing the exposure of young German adults to butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)	16
Association of occupational noise exposure, bilateral hearing loss with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in Chinese adults	16
The association between long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and glaucoma: A nation-wide epidemiological study among Chinese adults	16
A human biomonitoring (HBM) Global Registry Framework: Further advancement of HBM research following the FAIR principles	16
Association of neighborhood greenness exposure with cardiovascular diseases and biomarkers	16
Investigating hypothiocyanite against SARS-CoV-2	16
Association between pre/perinatal exposure to POPs and children's anogenital distance at age 4 years: A study from the INMA-Asturias cohort	16
HBM4EU chromates study - Reflection and lessons learnt from designing and undertaking a collaborative European biomonitoring study on occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium	16
Demographic and exposure characteristics as predictors of serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) levels – A community-level biomonitoring project in Pennsylvania	15
Bisphenol A and declining semen quality: A systematic review to support the derivation of a reference dose for mixture risk assessments	15
Inequality in access to improved drinking water sources and childhood diarrhoea in low- and middle-income countries	15
Use of personal care products during pregnancy in relation to urinary concentrations of select phenols: A longitudinal analysis from the SEPAGES feasibility study	15
Maternal PM2.5 exposure associated with stillbirth: A large birth cohort study in seven Chinese cities	15
Metabolites of the substitute plasticiser Di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DEHTP) in urine of children and adolescents investigated in the German Environmental Survey GerES V, 2014–2017	15
Assessment of exposure to pesticide mixtures in five European countries by a harmonized urinary suspect screening approach	15
Lead in New York City's soils: Population growth, land use, and contamination	15
Urinary parabens and their potential sources of exposure among Korean children and adolescents: Korean National Environmental Health Survey 2015–2017	15
Interpreting biomonitoring data: Introducing the international human biomonitoring (i-HBM) working group's health-based guidance value (HB2GV) dashboard	15
Attributes of drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene associated with microbiological water quality of stored drinking water in rural schools in Mozambique and Uganda	14
Urinary neonicotinoids level among pregnant women in Japan	14
Microbiological survey and occurrence of bacterial foodborne pathogens in raw and ready-to-eat green leafy vegetables marketed in Tehran, Iran	14
Manuscript title: Long─term residential exposure to environmental/transportation noise and the incidence of myocardial infarction	14
Occupational health outcomes among sanitation workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Assessment of the future mesothelioma disease burden from past exposure to asbestos in ship recycling yards in India	14
Atmospheric dispersion and transmission of Legionella from wastewater treatment plants: A 6-year case-control study	14
Assessment of antibiotic resistant coliforms from bioaerosol samples collected above a sewage-polluted river in La Paz, Bolivia	14
Exposure to the pesticide DDT and risk of diabetes and hypertension: Systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	14
Kenyan school book knowledge for water, sanitation, hygiene and health education interventions: Disconnect, integration or opportunities?	14
DNA-based nanobiosensors for monitoring of water quality	14
Sources of exposure to urinary phthalates among couples undergoing infertility treatment	14
The effects of climate variability and seasonal influence on diarrhoeal disease in the tropical city-state of Singapore – A time-series analysis	14
Characterizing exposure to benzene, toluene, and naphthalene in firefighters wearing different types of new or laundered PPE	14
Cross-sectional association of residential greenness exposure with activities of daily living disability among urban elderly in Shanghai	14
Exposure to flame retardants in European children — Results from the HBM4EU aligned studies	14
Association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus	14
Burden of osteoporosis and costs associated with human biomonitored cadmium exposure in three European countries: France, Spain and Belgium	14

Exploring the relationship between metal exposure, BDNF, and behavior in adolescent males	14
Biomarkers of phthalates and inflammation: Findings from a subgroup of Women's Health Initiative participants	13
Status of risk-based approach and national framework for safe drinking water in small water supplies of the Nordic water sector	13
Perfluoroctanoic acid (PFOA) enhances NOTCH-signaling in an angiogenesis model of placental trophoblast cells	13
Exposure Load: Using biomonitoring data to quantify multi-chemical exposure burden in a population	13
Association of exposure to artificial light at night with atopic diseases: A cross-sectional study in college students	13
Association of hospital admission for bronchiectasis with air pollution: A province-wide time-series study in southern China	13
Urinary excretion of phthalates and the substitutes DINCH and DEHTP in Danish young men and German young adults between 2000 and 2017 – A time trend analysis	13
Human Health Exposure Analysis Resource (HHEAR): A model for incorporating the exposome into health studies	13
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its association with heavy metals in children from northern Chile	13
Association between exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and blood glucose in pregnant women	13
Impact of short- and long-term exposure to air pollution on blood pressure: A two-decade population-based study in Tehran	13
Psychological impairment and extreme weather event (EWE) exposure, 1980–2020: A global pooled analysis integrating mental health and well-being metrics	13