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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Mesothelioma risks and cumulative exposure to elongate mineral particles of various sizes in Minnesota taconite mining industry97
Melatonin supplementation and oxidative DNA damage repair capacity among night shift workers: a randomised placebo-controlled trial66
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries44
Cancer incidence in male and female Canadian Armed Forces personnel and Veterans enrolled between 1976 and 2016: a retrospective population-based cohort study35
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–201831
Elevated Alu retroelement copy number among workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust30
Effectiveness of a workplace intervention reducing psychosocial stressors at work on blood pressure and hypertension29
Ongoing risk of bladder cancer among former workers at the last benzidine manufacturing facility in the USA28
HLA-DPB1 E69 genotype and exposure in beryllium sensitisation and disease27
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 intervention27
The need for, and challenges associated with, assessing occupational work histories for bladder and other occupational cancers25
Perceived sources of occupational burn-out and embitterment among front-line health workers for COVID-19 control in Gyeonggi province, South Korea: a qualitative study25
Head and neck cancer and asbestos exposure24
Volume-based tomography for the diagnosis of incipient silicosis in former gold miners24
Impact of persistent pain symptoms on work absence, health status and employment 18 months following disabling work-related injury or illness22
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 tri20
Evaluation of an exercise and ergonomics intervention for the prevention of neck pain in office workers: exploratory analysis of a cluster randomised trial20
Prevalence and severity of abnormal lung function among US former coal miners with and without radiographic coal workers’ pneumoconiosis19
Does employment status mediate the association between disability status and mental health among young adults? Evidence from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey18
Unemployment due to the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic among people with and without severe disabilities: a difference-in-differences analysis18
Occupational risks for infection with influenza A and B: a national case–control study covering 1 July 2006–31 December 201918
Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults18
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study18
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners18
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study17
Comparing physical work exposures between men and women: findings from 65 281 workers in France17
Health Hazard Evaluations of occupational cancer cluster concerns: the USA, January 2001–December 202016
Associations between workplace characteristics and ‘outness’ in LGBTI workers in Austria16
Keratinocyte carcinoma as an occupational disease15
Occupational risk factors associated with lower urinary tract symptoms among female workers: a systematic review15
Observational study on occupational exposure of dairy farmers to formaldehyde15
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–202115
Recognition of COVID-19 with occupational origin: a comparison between European countries15
Serological study of healthcare workers in four different hospitals in Madrid (Spain) with no previous history of COVID-1915
Cardiovascular responses to physical activity during work and leisure14
Workplace interventions that aim to improve employee health and well-being in male-dominated industries: a systematic review14
Historical shift in pathological type of progressive massive fibrosis among coal miners in the USA14
Effects on household income and earnings from chronic kidney disease of non-traditional origins: PREP project findings from Chichigalpa, Nicaragua14
Lifetime high occupational physical activity and total and cause-specific mortality among 320 000 adults in the NIH-AARP study: a cohort study13
Physical activity health paradox: reflections on physical activity guidelines and how to fill research gap13
Workers in Australian prebake aluminium smelters: update on risk of mortality and cancer incidence in the Healthwise cohort13
Cooling vest improves surgeons’ thermal comfort without affecting cognitive performance: a randomised cross-over trial13
Women working as cleaners in Spain: working conditions and use of psychotropic drugs13
RE: epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers12
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–201712
Association of low-dose ionising radiation with site-specific solid cancers: Chinese medical X-ray workers cohort study, 1950–199512
Repeat measures of DNA methylation in an inception cohort of firefighters12
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 201811
Effectiveness of psychological skills training for police personnel: a meta-analysis11
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers11
Commentary: methodological approaches to understanding mechanisms and ‘what if’ questions in occupational health research11
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis11
Correction:who tests for lead and why? A 10-year analysis of blood lead screening, follow-up and CNS outcomes in a statewide US healthcare system11
Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study10
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-analyses10
Correction: Bladder cancer incidence among workers exposed to o-toluidine, aniline and nitrobenzene at a rubber chemical manufacturing plant10
Correction: Prunus persica 9,a new occupational allergen from peach tree pollen involved in rhinitis and asthma10
Quality of reporting and risk of bias: a review of randomised trials in occupational health10
Prevalence and risk factors for silicosis among a large cohort of stone benchtop industry workers10
All-cause and cause-specific mortality in a cohort of WTC-exposed and non-WTC-exposed firefighters10
Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica9
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers9
1,3-Butadiene, styrene and lymphohaematopoietic cancers among North American synthetic rubber polymer workers: exposure–response analyses9
Relationship of long-term air pollution exposure with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an Italian multicentre observational study9
Residential extremely low frequency magnetic fields and skin cancer9
Markers of kidney tubular and interstitial injury and function among sugarcane workers with cross-harvest serum creatinine elevation9
Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency9
A shift to something better? A longitudinal study of work schedule and prescribed sleep medication use in nurses9
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 in9
Association between biosecurity and zoonotic transmission of LA-MRSA CC398 from industrial pig farms to farm workers and their household members9
Occupational asbestos exposure and gastrointestinal cancers: systematic review and meta-analyses9
Cancer incidence in World Trade Center-exposed and non-exposed male firefighters, as compared with the US adult male population: 2001–20169
Coal mine dust lung disease in miners killed in the Upper Big Branch disaster: a review of lung pathology and contemporary respirable dust levels in underground US coal mines8
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 1996–20198
Health outcomes among offspring of US Coast Guard responders to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2010–20118
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among firefighters in Los Angeles, California8
Role of female sex and occupational exposures when examining the rates and risks of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)8
Changes in work schedule affect headache frequency among Norwegian nurses: a 3-year-follow-up study8
Mortality and cancer incidence in a population exposed to TCDD after the Seveso, Italy, accident (1976–2013)8
Concordance between the Stockholm Workshop Scale and the International Consensus Criteria for grading the severity of neurosensory manifestations in hand-arm vibration syndrome in a Swedish clinical s8
Chronic occupational exposures to irritants and asthma in the CONSTANCES cohort8
Subtle exposures, invisible outcomes, real suffering: sex, gender and occupational health8
COVID-19: are not all workers ‘essential’?8
Two-year follow-up of exposure, engineering controls, respiratory protection and respiratory health among workers at an indium-tin oxide (ITO) production and reclamation facility8
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 20088
Neurocognitive impairment in night and shift workers: a meta-analysis of observational studies8
Response to: Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al7
Estimating the relationship between precarious employment and occupational injury: do the registry data tell the whole story?7
Mediating effect of working conditions on the association between education and early labour market exit: a cohort study of Swedish men7
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence7
Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers7
Dusty trades and associated rheumatoid arthritis in a population-based study in the coal mining counties of Appalachia7
Coverage, completion and outcomes of COVID-19 risk assessments in a multi-ethnic nationwide cohort of UK healthcare workers: a cross-sectional analysis from the UK-REACH Study7
What do medical students, residents and graduated physicians think about occupational physicians? A cross-national survey on stereotypes7
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort7
Variation in occupational exposure risk for COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims across pandemic waves in Ontario7
Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff in England: workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic7
Critical reviews of exposure assessment in carcinogenic hazard identification: the IARCMonographsexperience7
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 countries6
Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers: a cross-sectional study from Changhua Community-based Integrated Screening programme6
Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody in healthcare workers: a multicentre cross-sectional study in 10 Colombian cities6
Associations between work-related factors and sickness presenteeism: a prospective study using the national French working conditions survey6
RE: epidemiology of chronic kidney disease of undetermined aetiology in Taiwanese farmers6
Professor Pietro (Pier) Alberto Bertazzi (1945–2021)6
Lung and extrathoracic cancer incidence among underground uranium miners exposed to radon progeny in the Příbram region of the Czech Republic: a case–cohort study6
Effects of dietary patterns on driving behaviours among professional truck drivers: the mediating effect of fatigue6
Survival analysis of time to SARS-CoV-2 PCR negativisation to optimise PCR prescription in health workers: the Henares COVID-19 healthcare workers cohort study6
Night shift work and lymphoma: results from an Italian multicentre case–control study6
Systematic scoping review of occupational health injuries and illnesses among Indigenous workers6
Deployment to bases with open burn pits and mortality of US Military Veterans6
Cumulative exposure to psychosocial stressors at work and global cognitive function: the PROspective Quebec Study on Work and Health6
Fraction of acute work-related injuries attributable to hazardous occupational noise across the USA in 20196
World Trade Center Health Program: 20 years after 9/116
Risk assessment of occupational skin cancer among outdoor workers in southern Spain: local pilot study5
Mortality and cancer incidence in the UK glass reinforced plastics manufacturing industry: a cohort study5
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–20165
Correspondence on “Association between occupational exposure to irritant agents and a distinct asthma endotype in adults” by Andrianjafimasy et al5
Early detection of prostate cancer in firefighters: a register-based study of prognostic factors and survival5
Secular trends in gabapentinoid dispensing by compensated workers with low back pain: a retrospective cohort study5
Repetitive and forceful movements of the hand as predictors of treatment for pain in the distal upper extremities5
Occupational and environmental exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in and around infected mink farms5
Post COVID-19 syndrome among 5248 healthcare workers in England: longitudinal findings from NHS CHECK5
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al5
Military occupation and testicular germ cell tumour risk among US Air Force servicemen5
Effects of interventions implemented by occupational health professionals to prevent work-related stress complaints: a systematic review5
Research and public health prevention policies of occupational heat exposure in Italy5
Occupation and COVID-19 mortality in England: a national linked data study of 14.3 million adults5
Prevalence and predictors of obesity among women in the fire service5
Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and antinuclear antibodies: a cross-sectional study in China5
Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis5
Autoimmune diseases, autoantibody status and silicosis in a cohort of 1238 workers from the artificial stone benchtop industry5
Do pooled estimates from meta-analyses of observational epidemiology studies contribute to causal inference?5
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA5
Physical workload during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: results from a Danish nationwide occupational register-based pregnancy cohort (DOC*X-Generation)5
Cumulative occupational exposure to gases and fumes is associated with impairment in lung function and disease-related quality of life in a German COPD patient cohort5
Vascular compression and pulmonary hypertension: the occupational context5
Investigating the relationship between melatonin patterns and methylation in circadian genes among day shift and night shift workers5
How robust is the association between youth unemployment and later mental health? An analysis of longitudinal data from English schoolchildren5
Response to: Comment on ‘Measuring lung diffusing capacity: an opportunity for improved medical surveillance and disability evaluation of coal miners’ by Cetintepe and Ilhan5
Exploration of associations between occupational exposures and current adult eczema5
Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis5
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy5
Notification of hand eczema as an occupational disease among Danish hairdressers: a national survey on patients’ perception5
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?4
Dupuytren’s disease is a work-related disorder: results of a population-based cohort study4
Risk of major chronic diseases in transport, rescue and security industries: a longitudinal register-based study4
Is precarious employment an occupational hazard? Evidence from Ontario, Canada4
Roadmap to effective and attainable workplace heat standards in the USA and beyond4
Maryland opioid overdose deaths from 2018 to 2022: occupational patterns and their sociodemographic variations4
Time off work following psychological injury among health and social care workers: a population-based retrospective cohort study in New South Wales, Australia4
Four-year follow-up of surface contamination by antineoplastic drugs in a compounding unit4
Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007–20184
Incidence and mortality from malignant mesothelioma 1982–2020 and relationship with asbestos exposure: the Australian Mesothelioma Registry4
Occupational radiation exposure and cancer incidence in a cohort of diagnostic medical radiation workers in South Korea4
Association of firefighting exposures with lung function using a novel job exposure matrix (JEM)4
Is a JEM an informative exposure assessment tool for night shift work?4
Lack of association of impaired upper airway sensation with the presence or absence of obstructive sleep apnoea or chronic rhinosinusitis in World Trade Center responders4
Workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 among workers in healthcare and other industries during 2020–2022, Victoria, Australia4
Identifying employee, workplace and population characteristics associated with COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace: a population-based study4
Night work and breast cancer risk in a cohort of female healthcare employees in Stockholm, Sweden4
Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic4
Vitamin D status in active duty Navy military personnel: a systematic review4
Occupational exposures of firefighting and urinary tract cancer risk among men in the Norwegian Fire Departments Cohort4
Lung cancer risk in relation to jobs held in a nationwide case–control study in Iran4
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’4
Should engineered stone products be banned?4
Correction: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 3
Suicide among Scottish military veterans: follow-up and trends3
Correction:Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants3
Global infectious disease risks associated with occupational exposure among non-healthcare workers: a systematic review of the literature3
Correction:Do differences in work disability duration by interjurisdictional claim status vary by industry and jurisdictional context?3
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey3
Correction:Night work during pregnancy and small for gestational age: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study3
Allergic and non-allergic wheeze among farm women in the Agricultural Health Study (2005–2010)3
Incidence of outbreak-associated COVID-19 cases by industry in Ontario, Canada, 1 April 2020–31 March 20213
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines3
Development of a job-exposure matrix (JEM) for exposure to smoke particle mass among firefighters of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY)3
Towards more inclusive practices for gender-diverse people in occupational health research3
Occupation, work-related contact and SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid serological status: findings from the Virus Watch prospective cohort study3
Outdoor light at night and mortality in the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study3
SARS-CoV-2 surveillance strategy in essential workers of the Madrid City Council during the first epidemic wave in Spain, March–July 20203
A less detailed job axis in a quantitative job-exposure matrix results in a similar exposure-response association3
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health3
Universal, selective and indicated interventions for supporting mental health at the workplace: an umbrella review of meta-analyses3
Incident hypertension in relation to aircraft noise exposure: results of the DEBATS longitudinal study in France3
Response to: Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Hoy et al3
High physical work demands have worse consequences for older workers: prospective study of long-term sickness absence among 69 117 employees3
Correction:Lifetime exposure to rubber dusts, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in a cohort of British rubber workers with 49 years follow-up3
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 symptoms3
Mental health service use among Canadian veterans within the first 5 years following service: methodological considerations for comparisons with the general population3
Use of permethrin and other pyrethroids and mortality in the Agricultural Health Study3
Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers3
Occupational asthma in the salmon processing industry: a case series3
Prenatal and early life exposure to air pollution and the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections during early childhood: the Espoo Cohort Study3
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 employees3
Vitamin D levels in Portuguese Navy military personnel: a cross-sectional study3
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and acute myocardial infarction among men and women in Sweden3
Correction:Insufficient respiratory hazard identification in the safety data sheets for cleaning and disinfection products used in healthcare organisations across England and Wales3
Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis3
Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w3
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk3
SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence among firefighters in Orange County, California3
Extreme heat and work injuries in Kuwait’s hot summers3
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