Epidemiology and Health

Papers
(The median citation count of Epidemiology and Health is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality trends in Spain, 1980-202084
Comparison of HIV characteristics across 3 datasets: the Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study prospective, retrospective, and national reporting system83
Decentralized pandemic response and health equity: an analysis of socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in Japan42
Effective vaccination strategies to control COVID-19 in Korea: a modeling study40
Regional disparities in major cancer incidence in Korea, 1999-201824
Cohort profile: investigating SARS-CoV-2 infection and the health and psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian CHILD Cohort22
Cohort profile: a multicenter hospital-based cohort of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in Korea, 2015–202422
Association of insomnia and daytime napping with metabolic syndrome and its components in a Korean population: an analysis of data from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study22
Limiting the spillover of zoonotic pathogens from traditional food markets in developing countries and a new market design for risk-proofing20
Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in obesity among Korean adolescents: the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (KYRBS) 2006 to 202018
Exploring cognitive trajectories and their association with physical performance: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study17
The bounds of meta-analytics and an alternative method17
Risk of lymphadenopathy from SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Korea: a self-controlled case series analysis17
Identification of acute myocardial infarction and stroke events using the National Health Insurance Service database in Korea17
Study protocol for the Korean Human Exposure Safety Survey (KoHESS): a national biomonitoring program for food and consumer product safety16
Levels of exposure markers among residents in environmentally vulnerable areas in Korea, the general population in Korea, and Asians in the United States16
Dental implant removal rates and related factors in older adults in Korea: a cross-sectional study using National Health Insurance Sharing Service database16
Meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies with multiple thresholds for data integration15
Association between secondhand smoke exposure and incidence of metabolic syndrome: analyses of Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES) data15
Regional differences in the associations of diet quality, obesity, and possible sarcopenia using the seventh Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2016-2018)14
Age- and disability-based trends in potentially preventable hospitalizations: evidence from nationwide claims data in Korea14
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding myopia prevention among primary school students in a province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands: a cross-sectional study14
Dietary mercury intake, the IL23R rs10889677 polymorphism, and the risk of gastric cancer in a Korean population: a hospital-based case-control study14
Prediction of the 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Korean population13
The uneven playing field: provider participation and regional disparities in oral health examination rates in Korea13
The physical activity paradox in relation to work ability and health-related productivity loss in Korea13
Age-period-cohort analysis of dietary sodium, potassium, and sodium-to-potassium ratio in Korea13
Identifying factors associated with mental health status following climate-related disasters: a nationwide longitudinal panel study in Korea13
Health literacy in Korea: findings from the 2023 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey13
Inequitable distribution of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea, 202013
Erratum: Trends in gastrointestinal infections before and during non-pharmaceutical interventions in Korea in comparison with the United States12
Occurrence rate and estimated economic burden of pulp and periapical disease treatment among Korean older adults: a national population-based retrospective study12
Cohort profile: the Korean Youth Health Behavior Panel Survey (KYHPS)12
The associations of obesity phenotypes with the risk of hypertension and its transitions among middle-aged and older Chinese adults12
Identifying pregnancy episodes and estimating the last menstrual period using an administrative database in Korea: an application to patients with systemic lupus erythematosus12
Clinical symptom profile of hospitalized COVID-19 Brazilian patients according to SARS-CoV-2 variants12
Changes in proteinuria and the associated risks of ischemic heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris in Korean population12
Genetic associations and parent-of-origin effects of PVRL1 in non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate across multiple ethnic populations12
The associations of job strain and leisure-time physical activity with the risk of hypertension: the population-based Midlife in the United States cohort study12
The associations of cardiovascular and lifestyle factors with mortality from chronic kidney disease as the underlying cause: the JACC study11
Association of group-level segregation with cardiovascular health in older adults: an analysis of data from the Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project11
Association of the dietary inflammatory index with phenotypic age in the United States adults11
Normal liver enzymes do not indicate safety from alcohol-related liver disease: evidence from a Korean nationwide cohort11
Incidence and case fatality of acute myocardial infarction in Korea, 2011-202011
Clinical traits and systemic risks of familial diabetes mellitus according to age of onset and quantity: an analysis of data from the community-based KoGES cohort study11
Geospatial analysis of neonatal mortality in north-eastern India: a multilevel Bayesian approach11
Socioeconomic inequality in organized and opportunistic screening for breast cancer: results from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2009-202111
Associations between adverse childhood experiences and diabetes among middle-aged and older Chinese: a social-ecological perspective11
Does the father’s job matter? Parental occupation and preterm birth in Korea10
Risk of Parkinson disease according to metabolic syndrome among Korean adults: an analysis of data from the National Health Insurance–National Sample Cohort10
Associations of daily diet-related greenhouse gas emissions with the incidence and mortality of chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies10
Aedes aegypti container preference for oviposition and its possible implications for dengue vector surveillance in Delhi, India10
Changes in mental health of Korean adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a special report using the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey10
Data profile: the Korean Workers’ Compensation-National Health Insurance Service (KoWorC-NHIS) cohort10
Exploring the relationships between anthropometric indices of adiposity and physical performance in middle-aged and older Brazilian women: a canonical correlation analysis10
The status quo of systematic reviews published in high-impact journals in Korea: a study focused on protocol registration and GRADE use10
Socioeconomic inequality in organized and opportunistic screening for colorectal cancer: results from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2009-202110
Decreased birth weight after prenatal exposure to wildfires on the eastern coast of Korea in 200010
Cohort profile: the Taiwan Initiative for Geriatric Epidemiological Research - a prospective cohort study on cognition9
Type 2 diabetes mellitus increases the severity of non-fatal injuries, but not the risk of fatal injuries, among driver victims of motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan9
Spatial patterns of laboratory-confirmed leptospirosis in north-eastern Peninsular Malaysia, 2016-20239
Seasonal impact of diurnal temperature range on intracerebral hemorrhage in middle-aged and elderly people in central China9
Gender-specific associations among neck circumference, the rs9939609 FTO gene polymorphism, and the 14-year risk of metabolic syndrome in the Korean adult population9
Association between the safety climate and occupational injury in the Korean working population: a cross-sectional study9
The mediating role of atrial fibrillation in causal associations between risk factors and stroke: a Mendelian randomization study9
The associations of tobacco use, sexually transmitted infections, HPV vaccination, and screening with the global incidence of cervical cancer: an ecological time series modeling study9
The delayed cancer treatment and economic inequality in Korea: results of common cancers by the time-to-surgery9
Detecting mpox infection in the early epidemic: an epidemiologic investigation of the third and fourth cases in Korea9
Spatiotemporal analysis of sudden infant death syndrome incidence in South Korea, 2013–20238
Effect of morbidity on the association between lifestyle and mortality in the Health Examinee cohort8
Nationwide trends in the incidence of tuberculosis among people with disabilities in Korea: a nationwide serial cross-sectional study8
Dynamic changes in clinical biomarkers of cardiometabolic diseases by changes in exercise behavior, and network comparisons: a community-based prospective cohort study in Korea8
Cohort profile: Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR)8
The association between the consumption of raw Kudoa septempunctata–infected farmed Paralichthys olivaceus and gastrointestinal symptoms8
The risk of gastric cancer according to changes in smoking status among Korean men8
The association between migraine and Parkinson’s disease: a nationwide cohort study in Korea8
Maternal pre-pregnancy anemia and childhood anemia in Indonesia: a risk assessment using a population-based prospective longitudinal study8
Timely access to secondary pediatric services in Korea: a key to reducing child and adolescent mortality8
Cancer incidence among male construction workers in Korea: a standardized incidence ratio analysis, 2009-20158
Influence of practice location on prescribing, diabetes care, and colorectal cancer screening among Czech general practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic8
Temporal trends in the prevalence, incidence, and mortality of cardiac amyloidosis in Korea over 12 years7
Parents’ employment and non-chromosomal congenital anomalies in Korea: a national population cohort study7
Cohort profile: a nationwide retrospective cohort of mortality in people living with HIV in Korea, 1985-20207
Association between plant-based diets and the risk of coronary heart disease predicted using the Framingham Risk Score in Korean men: data from the HEXA cohort study7
Associations of racial and ethnic discrimination with adverse changes in exercise and screen time during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States7
Epidemiological characteristics and risk factors of suspected and confirmed mpox cases during the 2022-2023 epidemic in the Capital Region, Korea7
Regional disparities in the availability of cancer clinical trials in Korea7
Safety of combination therapy of azilsartan medoxomil and amlodipine: a population-based cohort study7
Letter to the Editor: Mediating effect of lower extremity muscle on the relationship between obesity and osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly women in Korea: based on the 2009-2011 Korea National7
Preventable cancer cases and deaths attributable to tobacco smoking in Korea from 2015 to 20307
Evaluation of the accessibility and its equity of the national public-private mix program for tuberculosis in Korea: a multilevel analysis7
The role of supervisor support in the association between night work and depressive symptoms: a gender-stratified analysis of 22,422 full-time wage workers in Korea7
Changes in the management of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hypercholesterolemia in Korean adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the 2010-2020 Korea National Health and Nutri7
Risk factors for early-onset lung cancer in Korea: analysis of a nationally representative population-based cohort7
The associations of the national health and productivity management program with corporate profits in Japan7
Hematological inflammatory indices and their relationship to the risk of hypertension6
Analysis of the on-ship transmission of the COVID-19 mass outbreak on the Republic of Korea Navy amphibious warfare ship6
Application of a joint latent space item response model to clustering stressful life events and the Beck Depression Inventory-II: results from Korean epidemiological survey data6
Associations of cumulative average dietary total antioxidant capacity and intake of antioxidants with metabolic syndrome risk in Korean adults aged 40 years and older: a prospective cohort study (KoGE6
Folate, vitamin B12, and homocysteine status in the Korean population: data from the 2013-2015 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey6
Effectiveness of community-based interventions for older adults living alone: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Genetically determined alcohol consumption and cancer risk in Korea6
Validation of the Korean Academy of Geriatric Dentistry screening questionnaire and oral frailty diagnostic criteria in community-dwelling older adults6
Temporal generalized linear mixed models for monitoring national health behavior using subnational observational data6
Causal effect of fasting serum glucose on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a multivariable Mendelian randomization6
Smoking-attributable mortality among Korean adults in 20196
Validation of self-reported morbidities in the Korean Atomic Bomb Survivor Cohort6
The Korea National Disability Registration System6
A decision tree model for traffic accident prediction among food delivery riders in Thailand6
Mediation analysis of leisure activities on the association between cognitive function and mortality: a longitudinal study of 42,942 Chinese adults 65 years and older6
Associations between usual source of care characteristics and health outcomes in diabetes mellitus: a focus on medication adherence and healthy behaviors in Korea6
Adverse health effects of climate change and air pollution in people with disabilities: a systematic review6
Validation of the EORTC QLQ-C30 and the FACT-G for assessing health-related quality of life among adult cancer patients in Cameroon6
Forecasting the effects of vaccination on the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia using SEIRV compartmental models6
Multimorbidity patterns by health-related quality of life status in older adults: an association rules and network analysis utilizing the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey6
The prevention and response to infectious diseases in long-term care facilities in Korea: a nationwide survey5
A meta-analysis of the association between adolescent pregnancy and the risk of gynecological cancers5
Validation of the Korean version of the Pubertal Development Scale (PDS-K): a non-invasive self-report tool for epidemiological use5
Clinical severity according to the primary infection variant in patients with suspected SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Korea5
Excess mortality from gastric cancer in Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–20235
Contrasting income-based inequalities in incidence and mortality of breast cancer in Korea, 2006-20155
The association between metabolic syndrome and heart failure in middle-aged male and female: Korean population-based study of 2 million individuals5
Can resident registration expiration statistics due to death be used for near-real-time mortality tracking? A validation study using 2023 data from Korea5
Spatiotemporal trends in severe complicated influenza among the local population in Taiwan region, 2003-20235
Personal, community, and societal factors associated with mukbang viewing among adolescents: findings from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey5
Salmonellosis outbreaks linked to eggs at 2 gimbap restaurants in Korea5
Epidemiologic Questionnaire (EPI-Q) – a scalable, app-based health survey linked to electronic health record and genotype data5
Plan and operations of the 10th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2025–2027)5
Latency period of lung cancer in relation to tobacco smoking in Korea5
Positive association of unhealthy plant-based diets with the incidence of abdominal obesity in Korea: a comparison of baseline, most recent, and cumulative average diets5
Miscarriage, stillbirth, and mortality risk from stroke in women: findings from the PLCO study5
Decrease in household secondhand smoking among Korean adolescents associated with smoke-free policies: grade-period-cohort and interrupted time series analyses4
Adherence to the American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer survivors and biomarkers of inflammation among breast cancer survivors4
Interactions between vitamin B2, the MTRR rs1801394 and MTR rs1805087 genetic polymorphisms, and colorectal cancer risk in a Korean population4
Effect of trajectory of employment status on all-cause mortality in the late middle-aged and older population: results of the Korea Longitudinal Study of Aging (2006-2020)4
The impact of health behavior trajectories on all-cause and cause-specific mortality: an analysis using the National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort (NHIS-HEALS)4
Development and validation of the Health Literacy Index for the Community for the Korean National Health and Nutrition and Examination Survey4
Worsening of health disparities across COVID-19 pandemic stages in Korea4
Changes in food sufficiency among Korean adults in urban and rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the 7th and 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey4
Association of dietary inflammatory index with mortality risk: a prospective analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey4
Age-specific findings on lifestyle and trajectories of cognitive function from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging4
Analyzing the dynamics of complicated and uncomplicated appendicitis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Seoul, Korea: a multifaceted time series approach4
Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and cardiovascular disease risk in Korea: a trajectory analysis4
Device-related differences in blood pressure measurement and their impact on hypertension prevalence in children and adolescents4
Mortality risk associated with acetylcholinesterase inhibitor use in Parkinson’s disease dementia according to sex and age at disease onset: a nationwide cohort study4
Association between cardiac arrhythmia before pregnancy and gestational diabetes: a nationwide population-based study in Korea4
A large-scale norovirus outbreak associated with kimchi consumption across multiple schools in a Korean city in 20244
Association of healthy lifestyle factors with the risk of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and their comorbidity in Korea: results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2019-20214
Non-cancer health risks in firefighters: a systematic review4
Association between regular dental scaling and stroke risk in patients with periodontal diseases: evidence from a Korean nationwide database4
Disease burden of prostate cancer from 2014 to 2019 in the United States: estimation from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey4
Socioeconomic inequality in health-related quality of life among Korean adults with chronic disease: an analysis of the Korean Community Health Survey3
Characteristics of imported and domestic malaria cases in Gyeonggi Province, Korea3
Association of decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate with lung cancer risk in the Korean population3
Social capital and regional influences: key predictors of unmet dental care needs among older adults in Korea3
Direct indicators of social distancing effectiveness in COVID-19 outbreak stages: a correlational analysis of case contacts and population mobility in Korea3
Introduction to the forensic research via omics markers in environmental health vulnerable areas (FROM) study3
Higher energy consumption in the evening is associated with increased odds of obesity and metabolic syndrome: findings from the 2016-2018 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (7th KN3
Evaluation of a telemedicine pilot project for hypertension in Korea: a nationwide real-world data study3
Combined effect of anemia and chronic rhinitis on hearing loss in Korean adults: a nationwide observational study3
Cancer risk based on alcohol consumption levels: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis3
Cohort profile: Cardiovascular Metabolic Etiological Research Center COVID-19 Mental Health Survey (CC-MHS)3
Association between smoking status and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic Korean individuals3
Socioeconomic factors affecting breast and cervical cancer screening compliance in Asian National Cancer Centers Alliance countries: a systematic review3
COVID-19 infection and severe clinical outcomes in patients with kidney disease by vaccination status: a nationwide cohort study in Korea3
Socioeconomic status and adverse pregnancy outcome increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular disease: an analysis using the UK Biobank3
Comorbidity network of post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea3
Associations of the magnesium depletion score and magnesium intake with diabetes among US adults: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-20183
Predictive ability of the Chinese visceral adiposity index for incident hypertension in working-aged Koreans3
Trends in breast cancer screening rates among Korean women: results from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2005-20203
Cause-specific mortality in Korea during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic3
Risk of non-cancer respiratory diseases attributed to humidifier disinfectant exposure in Koreans: age-period-cohort and differences-in-difference analyses3
Mediating effect of lower extremity muscle on the relationship between obesity and osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly women in Korea: based on the 2009-2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition 3
Unraveling trends in schistosomiasis: deep learning insights into national control programs in China3
Risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, thromboembolism, and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving Janus kinase inhibitors: a real-world retrospective observational study using Kor3
Integrated evidence supports a causal association between PHMG-P exposure and pneumonitis3
Childhood mortality from acute diarrheal disease in Paraguay and vaccination impact: a 31-year ecological study3
Smokeless tobacco consumption and its association with tobacco control factors in the Western Pacific Region: results from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2015-20193
Gastric cancer risk is reduced by a predominance of antioxidant factors in the oxidative balance: a hospital-based case-control study in Korea3
Performance pressure and mental health among finance workers in Korea: a cross-sectional study3
An outbreak of Clostridium perfringens infection on a training ship anchored in Busan, Korea3
Cohort profile: the KDCA-Tuberculosis-NHIS cohort linking tuberculosis surveillance and health insurance data in Korea3
Risk of new-onset seizures following immunization against COVID-19: a self-controlled case-series study2
Association of multiple anthropometric indices with in 944,760 elderly Chinese people2
Beyond cohort versus case-control: the primacy of exposure assessment over study design in occupational cancer epidemiology2
The association between employee lifestyles and the rates of mental health-related absenteeism and turnover in Japanese companies2
Behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Korean adolescents: a path analysis using the 2022 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey2
Fraction of cancer incidence and mortality attributable to dietary factors in Korea from 2015 to 20302
The association between glaucoma and all-cause mortality in middle-aged and elderly Chinese people: results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study2
Changes in eating behaviors according to household income in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey2
Secular trends in grip strength among Korean adults according to socioeconomic factors: the 2014-2022 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey2
Toxicological evidence integration to confirm the biological plausibility of the association between humidifier disinfectant exposure and respiratory diseases using the AEP-AOP framework2
Physical and mental health characteristics related to trust in and intention to receive COVID-19 vaccination: results from a Korean community-based longitudinal study2
Unequal burdens of COVID-19 infection: a nationwide cohort study of COVID-19-related health inequalities in Korea2
Profiling the socioeconomic characteristics, dietary intake, and health status of Korean older adults for nutrition plan customization: a comparison of principal component, factor, and cluster analyse2
Association of blood pressure measurements in sitting, supine, and standing positions with the 10-year risk of mortality in Korean adults2
Tobacco consumption, sales, and output as monitoring indicators in the era of the tobacco endgame: a Korean example2
Changes in food and nutrient intakes in Korean adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: data from the 2011-2020 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey2
Effects of student human rights ordinances on mental health among middle and high school students in South Korea: a difference-in-differences analysis2
Explainable SHAP-XGBoost models for identifying important social factors associated with the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk score using the LASSO feature selection technique2
Prevalence and methodological quality of systematic reviews in Korean medical journals2
Cardiovascular disease risk disparities between immigrants and native Koreans: a population-based study in Gwangju, Korea2
Inequality in mortality according to regional deprivation during the COVID-19 pandemic2
The clinical meaning of the area under a receiver operating characteristic curve for the evaluation of the performance of disease markers2
Public holidays increased the transmission of COVID-19 in Japan, 2020-2021: a mathematical modelling study2
Trends and disparities in avoidable, treatable, and preventable mortalities in South Korea, 2001-2020: comparison of capital and non-capital areas2
Barriers to COVID-19 vaccine surveillance: the issue of under-reporting adverse events2
Impact of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio on mortality in middle-aged Koreans: a prospective cohort study based on a Health Examinees study2
Adherence to the Korean National Code Against Cancer and mortality: a prospective cohort study from the Health Examinees-Gem study2
Cohort profile: Korean Varicella Immunization Monitoring (K-VIM) Scheme: a national cohort of children born 2011–20222
An outbreak of neurologic symptoms among patients exposed to an unknown stench in a high school near an industrial complex: an epidemiological investigation2
Association between hospital characteristics and 30-day mortality after acute stroke: a multi-level study in South Korea2
Evaluation of gestational age by pregnancy outcomes and distribution of pregnancy-related codes in Korean claims data2
Estimated trends in hospitalizations due to occupational injuries in Korea based on the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey (2006-2019)2
Self-reported adverse events after 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Korea2
Long-term effectiveness of a primary care chronic disease management program in Korea2
Interaction between vitamin E intake and a COMT gene variant on colorectal cancer risk among Korean adults: a case-control study2
Data resource profile: the Korean Community Health Status Indicators (K-CHSI) database2
Associations between digital media use and lack of physical exercise among middle-school adolescents in Korea2
The 2019 Rio Grande birth cohort: profile of a Brazilian 5-year study on mental health conditions2
Association of plain water intake with self-reported depression and suicidality among Korean adolescents2
Individual- and neighborhood-level factors influencing diet quality: a multilevel analysis using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data, 2010-20192
Long working hours and the risk of hypothyroidism in healthy Korean workers: a cohort study2
Systematic review and meta-analysis of cancer risks in relation to environmental waste incinerator emissions: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies2
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