Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Papers
(The TQCC of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Occupation-specific risk estimates for suicide and non-fatal self-harm from a Swedish cohort of male construction workers followed 1987–201864
Fatal occupational injuries in North Carolina, 1992–201747
Radon and lung cancer in the pooled uranium miners analysis (PUMA): highly exposed early miners and all miners36
Differences in total sleep time and heart rate variability between shift types in firefighters36
Occupational noise exposure and maternal pregnancy complications: register-based cohort from urban areas in four Nordic countries30
Emergency responders’ return to work after injury/disease sustained during periods of extreme bushfires25
Habitual exercise, chronic exposure to fine particulate matter and high-sensitivity C reactive protein in Asian adults25
Irritant asthma and work: cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 201824
Multilevel approach to individual and organisational predictors of stress and fatigue among healthcare workers of a university hospital: a longitudinal study23
Adverse mental health outcomes and alcohol misuse among UK Armed Forces personnel: fourth phase of a 20-year cohort study of military personnel who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts22
Lifelong differences in cancer incidence and mortality between subgroups of similar socioeconomic status in the Royal Norwegian Navy22
High occupational physical activity and its combined effect with leisure-time physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality: systematic reviews and meta-analyses22
Correspondence on ‘Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis’ by Huaet al22
Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
Occupational risk factors for thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a register-based study of construction workers22
Systematic review and meta-analysis of birth weight and perfluorohexane sulfonate exposures: examination of sample timing and study confidence21
Association between prolonged exposure to long working hours and stroke subtypes in the CONSTANCES cohort21
Industry-specific prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among Pennsylvania workers, 2007–201821
Associations of cold spells and heat waves with frailty trajectory among older adults: a longitudinal study from the JAGES Study20
Identifying occupational health inequities in the absence of suitable data: are there inequities in access to adequate bathrooms in US workplaces?20
Occupational risk assessment: lessons from the MSHA Silica Rule18
Dupuytren’s disease and occupational mechanical exposures: a systematic review and meta-analysis18
Relationships between combat injury, pain, mobility and post-service employment: the ADVANCE study17
Legionnaires’ disease in transportation, construction and other occupations in 39 US jurisdictions, 2014–201616
Correction: Lifetime exposure to rubber dusts, fumes and N-nitrosamines and cancer mortality in a cohort of British rubber workers with 49 years follow-up16
Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people w15
Four-year follow-up of surface contamination by antineoplastic drugs in a compounding unit15
Occupational differences in the prevalence and severity of long-COVID: analysis of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey14
Development of crosswalk methodologies for a diesel engine exhaust job-exposure matrix and impacts on lung cancer risk estimates in workers in Ontario, Canada14
Relationships between asbestos exposure and pleural plaques: dose and time effects using fractional polynomials13
Impact of occupational asthma on health and employment status: a long-term follow-up study13
Peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos exposure: a population-based case–control study in Italy, 2000–202112
Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort12
Work-related asthma symptoms and lung function among workers in the Norwegian salmon processing industry: a cross-sectional study12
Increased risk of incident knee osteoarthritis in those with greater work-related physical activity12
Magnetic fields from indoor transformer stations and risk of cancer in adults: a cohort study12
Outbreak of lead poisoning from a civilian indoor firing range in the UK12
Epidemiology of work-related fall injuries resulting in hospitalisation: individual and work risk factors and severity12
Are we underestimating indoor radon exposure in radon priority areas?12
Ever and cumulative occupational exposure and lung function decline in longitudinal population-based studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis12
Occupational exposure to respirable and inhalable dust and its components in a Nicaraguan sugarcane plantation11
Increased odds of mortality from non-malignant respiratory disease and lung cancer are highest among US coal miners born after 193911
Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA11
Thin seams and small mines are associated with higher exposures to respirable crystalline silica in US underground coal mines11
Career duration and later-life health conditions among former professional American-style football players11
Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and follicular lymphoma risk: a family case–control study11
Occupational physical demands and menstrual cycle irregularities in flight attendants and teachers11
Long-term clinical follow-up of irritant-induced occupational asthma10
Occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica and incident idiopathic interstitial pneumonias and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a national prospective follow-up study10
Exploring the role of silica exposure in the aetiology of interstitial lung disorders10
Comparison of factors associated with postpartum depression from two cohorts of nurses: the Korea Nurses’ Health Study and the Nurses’ Health Study 310
Association between maternal occupation as a cleaner/maid/janitor during early pregnancy and selected birth defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study10
COP27 climate change conference: urgent action needed for Africa and the world10
Diagnostic accuracy of chest X-ray screening for silicosis: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study9
Who tests for lead and why? A 10-year analysis of blood lead screening, follow-up and CNS outcomes in a statewide US healthcare system9
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by workplace violence in a US workers’ compensation system9
Disparities in death at work: reflections on occupational injury fatality data9
Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynaecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study9
Rest, shade, hydration and hygiene for the prevention of kidney injuries and inflammation in a Nicaraguan sugarcane worker cohort9
Applying a ‘presumably plausible’ principle in a new one-time financial compensation system for occupational diseases in the Netherlands9
Chronic respiratory symptoms following deployment-related occupational and environmental exposures among US veterans9
Night shift work and risk of colorectal cancer: a prospective cohort study among 56 477 female nurses in the Netherlands8
Occupational risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide register-based study of the Danish workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–20218
Pulmonary hypertension in patients with pneumoconiosis with progressive massive fibrosis8
Estimating the relationship between precarious employment and occupational injury: do the registry data tell the whole story?8
Trends in work-related respiratory diseases attributed to nickel, chromium and cobalt in the UK: descriptive findings from The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network 1996–20198
Unemployment due to the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic among people with and without severe disabilities: a difference-in-differences analysis8
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 in8
Mental health effects of unemployment and re-employment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies8
Ethnic inequalities among NHS staff in England: workplace experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic8
Inequalities in NHS staff support among those from ethnic minority and migrant groups during the COVID-19 pandemic8
Relationship between trauma, psychological distress and help-seeking among corrective service workers8
Differences in COVID-19 vaccination coverage by occupation in England: a national linked data study8
Physical activity interventions and musculoskeletal health in surgeons: a systematic review and meta-analysis8
Occupational biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome surgery: a prospective cohort study on 203 866 Swedish male construction workers followed for 19 years8
Mortality and cancer incidence in a population exposed to TCDD after the Seveso, Italy, accident (1976–2013)8
COPD mortality among workers in the construction industry, by occupation: USA, 2021–20227
Impact of safety interventions on behavioural changes and blood lead levels in Thai fishnet sinker workers7
Dose-response relationship of cadmium and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis7
Effects of a peer coaching intervention for occupational physicians on time allocated to preventive tasks: a cluster randomised controlled trial7
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’7
Impact of World Trade Center dust exposure on upper-aero digestive tract disorders and sinonasal surgery: findings from patients seen in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Mou7
Lack of association of impaired upper airway sensation with the presence or absence of obstructive sleep apnoea or chronic rhinosinusitis in World Trade Center responders7
Effects of consecutive workdays and days off on low back pain, fatigue and stress: prospective cohort study among warehouse and construction workers7
Trends in fatal occupational injury rates among older workers before and after the Great Recession of 20087
Poor adherence to dust, noise and safety regulations predict injury rates in underground coal mines7
Herbicide use in farming and other jobs in relation to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) risk7
OPERAS decision support system versus manual job coding: a quantitative analysis on coding time and inter-coder reliability7
Firefighter occupational factors and the risk of preterm birth: results from a survey of women firefighters in the USA7
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