Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Papers
(The median citation count of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 3. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants341
Migrant workers and COVID-19161
Global prevalence and risk factors for mental health problems in police personnel: a systematic review and meta-analysis109
Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among frontline nurses fighting against COVID-1990
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 pandemic83
Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection, exposure risk and mental health among a cohort of essential retail workers in the USA72
Occupation and COVID-19 mortality in England: a national linked data study of 14.3 million adults57
Occupational factors in the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: compensation claims applications support establishing an occupational surveillance system49
Preventing kidney injury among sugarcane workers: promising evidence from enhanced workplace interventions47
COVID-19 risk management at the workplace, fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among frontline employees46
Potential of deep learning in assessing pneumoconiosis depicted on digital chest radiography46
Psychological impact of quarantine on healthcare workers40
Workplace violence and health in human service industries: a systematic review of prospective and longitudinal studies37
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among firefighters/paramedics of a US fire department: a cross-sectional study37
Long-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 incidence: a prospective study of residents in the city of Varese, Northern Italy35
Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) colonisation and infection among livestock workers and veterinarians: a systematic review and meta-analysis34
Challenges and opportunities for occupational health and safety after the COVID-19 lockdowns32
High physical work demands and working life expectancy in Denmark31
Mask-associated ‘de novo’ headache in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic28
Identification of early-stage silicosis through health screening of stone benchtop industry workers in Victoria, Australia27
Fluorene exposure among PAH-exposed workers is associated with epigenetic markers related to lung cancer26
Mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic25
Changes in work and life patterns associated with depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study of health app (CALO mama) users25
Risks of COVID-19 by occupation in NHS workers in England23
High physical work demands have worse consequences for older workers: prospective study of long-term sickness absence among 69 117 employees22
Benzene-associated immunosuppression and chronic inflammation in humans: a systematic review22
Cleaning products and respiratory health outcomes in occupational cleaners: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
Incidence of outbreak-associated COVID-19 cases by industry in Ontario, Canada, 1 April 2020–31 March 202121
Progression of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis absent further exposure20
Extreme diurnal temperature range and cardiovascular emergency hospitalisations in a Mediterranean region20
Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis20
Short-term effects of outdoor air pollution on acute ischaemic stroke occurrence: a case-crossover study in Tianjin, China20
Changes in outdoor air pollution due to COVID-19 lockdowns differ by pollutant: evidence from Scotland19
Ischaemic heart and cerebrovascular disease mortality in uranium enrichment workers19
Human papillomavirus and surgical smoke: a systematic review18
Dynamics of the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers at a COVID-19 referral hospital in Milan, Italy18
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 employees18
Occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease in the United States17
Indoor temperature and relative humidity in hospitals: workplace considerations during the novel coronavirus pandemic17
Update on the epidemiology of work-related traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
Line managers’ hiring intentions regarding people with mental health problems: a cross-sectional study on workplace stigma17
Occupational physical activity, not leisure-time physical activity, is associated with increased high-sensitivity C reactive protein levels16
Occupation, work-related contact and SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid serological status: findings from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study16
Lifetime high occupational physical activity and total and cause-specific mortality among 320 000 adults in the NIH-AARP study: a cohort study16
Household transmission and incidence of positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR in symptomatic healthcare workers, clinical course and outcome: a French hospital experience15
Occupational and environmental exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in and around infected mink farms15
Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature15
Occupational radiation exposure and morbidity of circulatory disease among diagnostic medical radiation workers in South Korea15
Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis15
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study15
Associations between high ambient temperatures and asthma exacerbation among children in Philadelphia, PA: a time series analysis14
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring among emergency medical services night shift workers14
Occupational use of high-level disinfectants and asthma incidence in early- to mid-career female nurses: a prospective cohort study14
Influence of changing working conditions on exit from paid employment among workers with a chronic disease14
Changes in prolonged sedentary behaviour across the transition to retirement13
Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies13
Cancer incidence and mortality in the USA Astronaut Corps, 1959–201713
Effectiveness of a workplace intervention reducing psychosocial stressors at work on blood pressure and hypertension13
Markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function among sugarcane workers with cross-harvest serum creatinine elevation13
Ambient temperatures, heatwaves and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Brisbane, Australia12
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 workers12
Occupational exposure to antimony trioxide: a risk assessment12
Effect of ambient temperature on stroke onset: a time-series analysis between 2003 and 2014 in Shenzhen, China12
Prenatal occupational disinfectant exposure and childhood allergies: the Japan Environment and Children’s study12
Incident hypertension in relation to aircraft noise exposure: results of the DEBATS longitudinal study in France12
Lung cancer mortality in the French cohort of titanium dioxide workers: some aetiological insights12
Factors associated with neck pain in fighter aircrew: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
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) study12
Organisational factors and under-reporting of occupational injuries in Sweden: a population-based study using capture–recapture methodology12
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 intervention12
Is casual employment in Australia bad for workers’ health?11
Occupational risk factors for work disability following carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled prospective study11
Physical workload and increased frequency of musculoskeletal pain: a cohort study of employed men and women with baseline occasional pain11
Long work hours and decreased glomerular filtration rate in the Korean working population11
Suicide among Scottish military veterans: follow-up and trends11
Arthritis-related work outcomes experienced by younger to middle-aged adults: a systematic review11
Sexual and gender harassment and use of psychotropic medication among Swedish workers: a prospective cohort study11
Cancer incidence in World Trade Center-exposed and non-exposed male firefighters, as compared with the US adult male population: 2001–201611
Occupational radiation and haematopoietic malignancy mortality in the retrospective cohort study of US radiologic technologists, 1983–201211
First trimester employment, working conditions and preterm birth: a prospective population-based cohort study10
Incidence and mortality from malignant mesothelioma 1982–2020 and relationship with asbestos exposure: the Australian Mesothelioma Registry10
Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study in 10 Colombian cities10
Association of sedentary work with colon and rectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis10
Cluster of chalazia in nurses using eye protection while caring for critically ill patients with COVID-19 in intensive care10
Occupational pesticide use and self-reported olfactory impairment in US farmers10
Evening chronotype is associated with poor work ability and disability pensions at midlife: a Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study10
Sleep quality and military training injury during basic combat training: a prospective cohort study of Chinese male recruits10
Lung cancer risk in painters: results from the SYNERGY pooled case–control study consortium10
Occupations and exposure events in acute and subacute irritant-induced asthma10
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among occupational fishermen: a systematic literature review10
Occupational exposure to specific organic solvents and risk of subtypes of breast cancer in a large population of Danish women, 1964–201610
Cardiovascular responses to physical activity during work and leisure10
Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce10
Adverse social behaviour at the workplace and subsequent physician certified sick leave: a three-wave prospective study of the general working population in Norway10
Work functioning among young adults: the role of mental health problems from childhood to young adulthood9
Sex-specific risks and trends in lung cancer mortality across occupations and economic activities in Switzerland (1990–2014)9
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
Cumulative impact of high job demands, low job control and high job insecurity on midlife depression and anxiety: a prospective cohort study of Australian employees9
Transitioning to job redesign: improving workplace health and safety in the COVID-19 era9
Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers: a cross-sectional study from Changhua Community-based Integrated Screening programme9
Associations between physical and psychosocial work environment factors and sickness absence incidence depend on the lengths of the sickness absence episodes: a prospective study of 27 678 Danish empl9
Socio-economic disparity in the global burden of occupational noise-induced hearing loss: an analysis for 2017 and the trend since 19909
Exposure–response assessment of cancer mortality in styrene-exposed boatbuilders9
Maternal preconception and first trimester exposure to PM10and the risk of oral clefts in offspring: a population-based, case–control study8
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic8
Do pooled estimates from meta-analyses of observational epidemiology studies contribute to causal inference?8
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
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-analyses8
Occupation and subcategories of asthma: a population-based incident case–control study8
IARC-NCI workshop on an epidemiological toolkit to assess biases in human cancer studies for hazard identification: beyond the algorithm8
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis8
Urinary mutagenicity and oxidative status of wildland firefighters working at prescribed burns in a Midwestern US forest8
Exposure to cholinesterase inhibiting insecticides and blood glucose level in a population of Ugandan smallholder farmers8
Airborne occupational exposures and inflammatory biomarkers in the Lifelines cohort study8
Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica8
Cross-sectional associations of different types of nature exposure with psychotropic, antihypertensive and asthma medication8
Cancer and mortality in coal mine workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis8
Occupational exposure to whole-body vibrations and pregnancy complications: a nationwide cohort study in Sweden8
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among workers of the public higher education institutions of Porto, Portugal: a cross-sectional study8
Prevalence of exposure to multiple occupational carcinogens among exposed workers in Australia8
Pulmonary function and high-resolution computed tomography in outdoor rock drillers exposed to crystalline silica8
Gendered working environments as a determinant of mental health inequalities: a systematic review of 27 studies8
Quality of reporting and risk of bias: a review of randomised trials in occupational health8
Lung cancer mortality in the European cohort of titanium dioxide workers: a reanalysis of the exposure–response relationship8
Job control, job demands and job strain and suicidal behaviour among three million workers in Sweden8
Effect of retirement on cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Temporal association of prostate cancer incidence with World Trade Center rescue/recovery work7
Hospitalised heat-related acute kidney injury in indoor and outdoor workers in the USA7
Universal, selective and indicated interventions for supporting mental health at the workplace: an umbrella review of meta-analyses7
Do declines in occupational physical activity contribute to population gains in body mass index? Tromsø Study 1974–20167
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 tri7
Characteristics of exposure to 10 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites among pregnant women: cohort of pregnant women in Zunyi, southwest China7
Do differences in work disability duration by interjurisdictional claim status vary by industry and jurisdictional context?7
Respiratory traits and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis: Mendelian randomisation and association analysis7
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk7
Incidence and predictors of violence from clients, intimate partners and police in a prospective US-based cohort of women in sex work7
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–20217
Asthma in pesticide users: an update from the Great Britain Prospective Investigation of Pesticide Applicators’ Health (PIPAH) cohort study7
Shift work with and without night shifts and breast cancer risk in a cohort study from Finland7
Telomerase gene variants and telomere shortening in patients with silicosis or asbestosis7
Occupational COVID-19: what can be learned from notifications of occupational diseases?7
Exposure to additives or multigrain flour is associated with high risk of work-related allergic symptoms among bakers7
Employment and earnings trajectories before and after sickness absence due to major depressive disorder: a nationwide 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 symptoms6
Elevated Alu retroelement copy number among workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust6
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters6
Hearing loss as a predictor for hearing protection attenuation among miners6
Coworkers are more likely than patients to transmit SARS-CoV-2 infection to healthcare personnel6
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfection during the second pandemic surge: a cohort study6
Evaluation of a blended care programme for caregivers and working pregnant women to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes: an intervention study6
Work environment risk factors for the duration of all cause and diagnose-specific sickness absence among healthcare workers in Sweden: a prospective study6
Differences between women and men in the relationship between psychosocial stressors at work and work absence due to mental health problem6
Night work, chronotype and risk of endometrial cancer in the Screenwide case–control study6
Systematic review of randomised control trial health promotion intervention studies in the fire services: study characteristics, intervention design and impacts on health6
Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults6
Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales6
Associations between workplace characteristics and ‘outness’ in LGBTI workers in Austria6
Prevalence and risk factors for silicosis among a large cohort of stone benchtop industry workers6
Slip-resistant footwear reduces slips among National Health Service workers in England: a randomised controlled trial6
Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers6
Plasma cutting and exposure to PM2.5 metal aerosol in metalworking, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 20206
COVID-19 infection among bartenders and waiters before and after pub lockdown5
Developing a company-specific job exposure matrix for the Asbest Chrysotile Cohort Study5
Learning from a global pandemic5
Polymorphism in GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes influence DNA damage in personnel occupationally exposed to volatile anaesthetics (VA), from Peshawar, Pakistan5
Early detection of prostate cancer in firefighters: a register-based study of prognostic factors and survival5
Night shift work and lymphoma: results from an Italian multicentre case–control study5
Physical activity health paradox: reflections on physical activity guidelines and how to fill research gap5
Occupational hand eczema reduces career length in hairdressers: a prospective cohort study of Danish hairdressers graduating from 1985 to 20075
Contacts with general practitioner, sick leave and work participation after electrical injuries: a register-based, matched cohort study5
Prunus persica9, a new occupational allergen from peach tree pollen involved in rhinitis and asthma5
Role of occupational exposures in lung cancer risk among women5
Increased risk of suicide after occupational injury in Korea5
Survival of patients with asbestosis can be assessed by risk-predicting models5
Prevalence and predictors of obesity among women in the fire service5
Temporal trends in the healthy soldier effect in a cohort of Royal Norwegian Navy servicemen followed for 67 years5
Workplace interventions that aim to improve employee health and well-being in male-dominated industries: a systematic review5
Serological study of healthcare workers in four different hospitals in Madrid (Spain) with no previous history of COVID-195
Under-reporting of non-fatal occupational injuries among precarious and non-precarious workers in Sweden5
Work-related asthma in the USA: nationally representative estimates with extended follow-up5
Trends in participation rates in case–control studies of occupational risk factors 1991–20175
Internet solicitation linked to enhanced occupational health and safety outcomes among sex workers in Metro Vancouver, Canada 2010–20195
What role for asbestos in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis? Findings from the IPF job exposures case–control study5
Mortality from suicide among agricultural, fishery, forestry and hunting workers in Italy and the contribution of work-related factors5
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers5
Investigating the relationship between melatonin patterns and methylation in circadian genes among day shift and night shift workers5
Lung and extrathoracic cancer incidence among underground uranium miners exposed to radon progeny in the Příbram region of the Czech Republic: a case–cohort study5
Lower limb venous and arterial peripheral diseases and work conditions: systematic review5
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure5
Night shift work undertaken by women and fertility treatment interact to increase prevalence of urogenital anomalies in children5
Maternal occupation as a nail technician or hairdresser during pregnancy and birth defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20115
Occupational inhalational accidents: analysis of cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 20185
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 19394
Effect of occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs on DNA damage in nurses: a cross-sectional study4
Surgery for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis in relation to cumulative occupational hand force requirements: a Danish nationwide cohort study4
Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and antinuclear antibodies: a cross-sectional study in China4
N-95 respirator: gain in protection, pain in the face?4
Cumulative exposure to psychosocial stressors at work and global cognitive function: the PROspective Quebec Study on Work and Health4
Impact of persistent pain symptoms on work absence, health status and employment 18 months following disabling work-related injury or illness4
Association of fine particulate matter with glucose and lipid metabolism: a longitudinal study in young adults4
How serious are we about protecting workers health? The case of diesel engine exhaust4
Doctors’ perceived working conditions, psychological health and patient care: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies4
Association between COVID-19 infection and work exposure assessed by the Mat-O-Covid job exposure matrix in the CONSTANCES cohort4
Tobacco smoking among chrysotile asbestos workers in Asbest in the Russian Federation4
Transplantation for work-related lung disease in the USA4
SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence among firefighters in Orange County, California4
Fraction of acute work-related injuries attributable to hazardous occupational noise across the USA in 20194
Neurodegenerative diseases among miners in Ontario, Canada, using a linked cohort4
Technology-induced job loss risk, disability and all-cause mortality in Norway4
Understanding current and projected emergency department presentations and associated healthcare costs in a changing thermal climate in Adelaide, South Australia4
Comparison of cancer incidence and mortality in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort, 1960–20184
Do different job demands interact as predictors of long-term sickness absence? A register-based follow-up on 55 467 Danish workers4
Use of permethrin and other pyrethroids and mortality in the Agricultural Health Study4
Risk of major chronic diseases in transport, rescue and security industries: a longitudinal register-based study4
Dusty trades and associated rheumatoid arthritis in a population-based study in the coal mining counties of Appalachia4
Malignant lymphoma and occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and electrical shocks: a nested case-control study in a cohort of four Nordic countries4
How should data on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 change occupational health guidelines?4
Precarious employment and occupational injuries in Sweden between 2006 and 2014: a register-based study4
Potential contribution of vaccination uptake to occupational differences in risk of SARS-CoV-2: analysis of the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey3
End-stage renal disease and metalworking fluid exposure3
Association of occupational and environmental clinics exposure code system and criteria for substances that cause work-related asthma3
Exposure-response relationship between hand-arm vibration exposure and vibrotactile thresholds among rock drill operators: a 4-year cohort study3
Occupational radiation exposure and cancer incidence in a cohort of diagnostic medical radiation workers in South Korea3
Military occupation and testicular germ cell tumour risk among US Air Force servicemen3
No association between night shiftwork and mammographic density3
Allergic chromate dermatitis to cement in Australia: an ongoing problem3
Evaluation of an exercise and ergonomics intervention for the prevention of neck pain in office workers: exploratory analysis of a cluster randomised trial3
Relationship between sleep disorders, HIV status and cardiovascular risk: cross-sectional study of long-haul truck drivers from Southern Africa3
Allergic and non-allergic wheeze among farm women in the Agricultural Health Study (2005–2010)3
Extreme heat and work injuries in Kuwait’s hot summers3
Paramedic occupational violence mitigation: a comprehensive systematic review of emergency service worker prevention strategies and experiences for use in prehospital care3
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity3
Lung cancer risk in relation to jobs held in a nationwide case–control study in Iran3
Letter commentary on: Lung cancer mortality in the French cohort of titanium dioxide workers: some aetiological insights3
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 20083
Intraindividual association between shift work and risk of drinking problems: data from the Finnish Public Sector Cohort3
Ongoing risk of bladder cancer among former workers at the last benzidine manufacturing facility in the USA3
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis3
Occupational exposure to high-level disinfectants and risk of miscarriage among nurses3
How does job dissatisfaction interact with self-rated health in determining the risk of health-related job loss? Prospective findings from the Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) study3
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study3
Response to: Correspondence on “Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies” by Tucker3
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?3
Health outcomes among offspring of US Coast Guard responders to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2010–20113
1,3-Butadiene, styrene and lymphohaematopoietic cancers among North American synthetic rubber polymer workers: exposure–response analyses3
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al3
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners3
Temporal trends of the association between extreme temperatures and hospitalisations for schizophrenia in Hefei, China from 2005 to 20143
Farming, pesticide exposure and respiratory health: a cross-sectional study in Thailand3
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