International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health is 10. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Preconception mitochondrial DNA copy number plays a crucial role in linking prenatal air pollution with the risk of preterm birth268
Association between serum elementomics of 48 elements and female fecundity: evidence from a nested case-control study in China99
Enhancing data interoperability in human biomonitoring studies: the HBM data toolkit79
Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014–2021)74
Air pollution exposure and social responsiveness in childhood: The cincinnati combined childhood cohorts56
Prenatal exposure to solvents and fetal outcomes in a Canadian pregnancy cohort54
How to use human biomonitoring in chemical risk assessment: Methodological aspects, recommendations, and lessons learned from HBM4EU48
Traffic exposure, air pollution and children's physical activity at early childhood education and care45
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent environmental chemicals and fetal growth outcomes in Western Australia38
Temporal trend and cross-sectional characterization of urinary concentrations of glyphosate in Japanese children from 2006 to 201537
Drinking water sources, quality, and associated health outcomes in Appalachian Virginia: A risk characterization study in two counties37
Occurrence and genetic characteristics of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates co-harboring antimicrobial resistance genes and metal tolerance genes in aquatic ecosystems36
Household air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves and C-reactive protein among women in rural Honduras36
Effect of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention on reported menstrual hygiene practices and symptoms of urogenital infections in rural Odisha, India34
Higher serum concentrations of PFAS among pesticide exposed female greenhouse workers33
Effect of neighbourhood greenness on the association between air pollution and risk of stroke first onset: A case-crossover study in shandong province, China32
Occupational health outcomes among sanitation workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis32
Domestic water security in the Arctic: A scoping review32
Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016–2020 (FLEHS IV)31
Inhalation and dermal absorption as dominant pathways of PCB exposure for residents of contaminated apartment buildings29
Biomonitoring for workplace exposure to copper and its compounds is currently not interpretable29
Longitudinal measures of phthalate exposure and asthma exacerbation in a rural agricultural cohort of Latino children in Yakima Valley, Washington29
The effects of parental occupational exposures on autism spectrum disorder severity and skills in cognitive and adaptive domains in children with autism spectrum disorder29
Associations between exposure to blue spaces and natural and cause-specific mortality in Greece: An ecological study28
Individual and joint effects of organophosphate esters and hypertension or diabetes on renal injury among Chinese adults27
Measurement in the study of human exposure to animal feces: A systematic review and audit27
Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalate acid esters and gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study26
Fine particulate matter components and reproductive hormones in female adults: A 15-year longitudinal cohort study26
Gestational exposure to organophosphate esters and adiposity measures of children up to 6 years: Effect modification by breastfeeding26
Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli from dairy farm environment26
Influence of community-level sanitation coverage and population density on environmental fecal contamination and child health in a longitudinal cohort in rural Bangladesh25
Association between air temperature and self-perceived health status in Southern Germany: Results from KORA FIT study25
Heat waves and mortality in the Brazilian Amazon: Effect modification by heat wave characteristics, population subgroup, and cause of death25
Residential proximity to conventional and unconventional wells and exposure to indoor air volatile organic compounds in the Exposures in the Peace River Valley (EXPERIVA) study24
Associations of total urinary arsenic with total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein among 12-17-year-old participants from the 2009–2016 NHANES cycles: A cross-sectional study24
Editorial Board24
Environmental exposures and fecundability: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort study24
Increased self-reported sensitivity to environmental stimuli and its effects on perception of air quality and well-being24
Hygiene system modeling for toileting in schools24
Exposure to multiple trace elements and thyroid cancer risk in Chinese adults: A case-control study24
Characterizing exposure to benzene, toluene, and naphthalene in firefighters wearing different types of new or laundered PPE23
Editorial Board23
Arsenic exposure alters the expression of genes related to metabolic diseases in differentiated adipocytes and in newborns and children23
Time trend of the exposure to geraniol in 24-h urine samples derived from the German Environmental Specimen Bank from 2004 to 201823
Association between residential greenness and coronary heart disease: A proteomics and miRNA microarray analysis22
Prenatal exposure to phthalate mixtures and child neurodevelopment in toddlers aged 1–3 years from the PROTECT birth cohort22
Association between ambient particulate matter and preterm birth stratified by temperature: A population-based pregnancy cohort study22
Editorial Board22
Comparison of urinary 3-hydroxybenzo(a)Pyrene (3-OHBaP) and trans-anti-7,8,9,10-tetrahydroxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)Pyrene (TetraolBaP) as biomarkers of exposure to carcinogenic BaP22
Assessing the association between prenatal ambient temperature and extreme low birth weight in South Asia22
Association of early life co-exposure to ambient PM2.5 and O3 with the offspring's growth within two years of age: A birth cohort study22
What did we learn about changing behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic? A systematic review of interventions to change hand hygiene and mask use behaviour21
A review of studies on blood lead concentrations of traditional Mexican potters21
Risks of misinterpretation of biomarker measurements in spot urine adjusted for creatinine – A problem especially for studies comparing plant based with omnivorous diets21
Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations during four windows spanning puberty (prepuberty through sexual maturity) and association with semen quality among young Russian men21
Risk perception or hazard perception? Examining misperceptions of miners’ personal exposures to noise21
The relationship between working conditions, vehicle factors, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders affecting job satisfaction and job stress among motorcycle food delivery riders21
Urinary glyphosate kinetics after occupational exposure21
Associations of maternal gestational urinary environmental phenols concentrations with bone mineral density among 12-year-old children in the HOME Study21
Inflammatory profiles, gut microbiome, and kidney function are impacted after high-fidelity firefighter training20
Assessment of the 20L SODIS bucket household water treatment technology under field conditions in rural Malawi19
The role of greenspace in vitamin D status: cross-sectional, observational evidence from the UK Biobank19
Editorial Board19
Mixture risk assessment and human biomonitoring: Lessons learnt from HBM4EU19
Biochemical and haematological effects of serum PFOA, ADV and cC6O4 in workers of a chemical company producing fluoropolymers, Italy, 2013–202219
Exposure to outdoor ambient air toxics and risk of breast cancer: The multiethnic cohort19
Concentrations and determinants of lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic in pooled donor breast milk in Spain18
Biomonitoring of DEET and DCBA in Canadian children following typical protective insect repellent use18
Proximity and density of unconventional natural gas wells and mental illness and substance use among pregnant individuals: An exploratory study in Canada18
Pro-vegetarian dietary patterns and essential and heavy metal exposure in children of 4-5-years from the INfancia y medio Ambiente cohort (INMA)18
Factors associated with internal contamination of nurses by antineoplastic drugs based on biomonitoring data from a previous study18
Editorial Board17
Metagenomics insights into microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes from free living amoeba in chlorinated wastewater effluents17
Association of metals with early postnatal gut microbiota among infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit17
Association between exposure to wind turbines and sleep disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis17
HBM4EU-MOM: Prenatal methylmercury-exposure control in five countries through suitable dietary advice for pregnancy – Study design and characteristics of participants17
Sewage-based surveillance shows presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant against last resort antibiotics in the population in Bergen, Norway17
The dominance of co-circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater17
HBM4EU from the Coordinator's perspective: lessons learnt from managing a large-scale EU project17
Analyzing long-term trends in cotinine concentrations among smokers and non-smokers under South Korea's tobacco control policies17
Implementing a multimodal intervention using local resources to improve hand hygiene compliance in a comprehensive specialized hospital in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia16
Neighborhood environment and cognitive functioning in middle-aged and older population: A mediating role of physical activity16
Monitoring ambient air pollution and pulmonary function in asthmatic children by mobile applications in COVID-19 pandemic16
Incidental nanoparticle characterisation in industrial settings to support risk assessment modelling16
Effects of different laying periods on airborne bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistance genes in layer hen houses15
Association between occupational noise exposure and diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis15
Who benefits from green spaces? Surrounding greenness and incidence of cardiovascular disease in a population-based electronic medical records cohort in Madrid15
Gestational organophosphate ester exposure and preschool attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child cohort study15
Reducing the complexity of high-dimensional environmental data: An analytical framework using LASSO with considerations of confounding for statistical inference15
Assessment of exposure to pesticide mixtures in five European countries by a harmonized urinary suspect screening approach15
Public health performance of sanitation technologies in Tamil Nadu, India: Initial perspectives based on E. coli release15
Association of serum polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with anemia and erythrocytosis in Korean adults: Data from Korean National Environmental Health Survey cycle 4 (2018–2020)15
Literature review and meta-analysis of gastric and intestinal bioaccessibility for nine inorganic elements in soils and soil-like media for use in human health risk assessment15
Face mask performance related to potentially infectious aerosol particles, breathing mode and facial leakage15
Defining alarm thresholds for the load of pathogenic viruses in wastewater for decision making: An application to three French cities14
Children's exposure risk toward brominated flame retardants and organophosphate esters during preschool attendance and potential contamination sources14
Ventilation conditions and their influence on thermal comfort in examination classrooms in times of COVID-19. A case study in a Spanish area with Mediterranean climate14
Maternal residential exposure to solvents from industrial sources during pregnancy and childhood cancer risk in California14
Biodegradation of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole in secondary effluent by microalgae-bacteria consortium14
“Residential greenness, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and microbiome diversity during pregnancy”14
Epidemiological insights into neonatal deaths: The role of cooking fuel pollution in Colombia14
Effects of particulate air pollution on BPDE-DNA adducts, telomere length, and mitochondrial DNA copy number in human exhaled breath condensate and BEAS-2B cells14
Long-term exposure to green and blue space and incidence of cardiovascular disease: A Danish Nurse Cohort study14
Blood lead, cadmium and hair mercury concentrations and association with soil, dust and occupational factors in e-waste recycling workers in Bangladesh13
Predicting high exposure of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Korean adults using machine learning13
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons assessed by biomonitoring of firefighters during fire operations in Germany13
Interpreting biomonitoring data: Introducing the international human biomonitoring (i-HBM) working group's health-based guidance value (HB2GV) dashboard13
Special issue editorial: Key results of the european human biomonitoring initiative - HBM4EU13
Chlorination for low-cost household water disinfection – A critical review and status in three Latin American countries13
Alterations of fecal antibiotic resistome in COVID-19 patients after empirical antibiotic exposure13
Household water use and greywater management in Khulna city, Bangladesh13
Aging of drinking water transmission pipes during long-term operation as a potential source of nano- and microplastics13
Multiple mycotoxin exposure assessment through human biomonitoring in an esophageal cancer case-control study in the Arsi-Bale districts of Oromia region of Ethiopia13
Association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus13
Changes in water treatment, hygiene practices, household floors, and child health in times of Covid-19: A longitudinal cross-sectional survey in Surkhet District, Nepal13
Outdoor air pollution as a risk factor for testing positive for SARS-CoV-2: A nationwide test-negative case-control study in the Netherlands13
Higher proportion of agricultural land use around the residence is associated with higher urinary concentrations of AMPA, a glyphosate metabolite12
Assessing occupational styrene exposure in the European and US Glass Reinforced Plastics Industry for the period between 1947 and 202012
Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort12
Editorial Board12
Municipal sewage as a pathway for multidrug-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from hospital effluent to urban stream: challenges for wastewater management12
Urinary neonicotinoid insecticides and adiposity measures among 7-year-old children in northern China: A cross-sectional study12
Letter to the editor12
Ambient ozone exposure and depression among middle-aged and older adults: Nationwide longitudinal evidence in China12
Association of urinary levels of trace metals with type 2 diabetes and obesity in postmenopausal women in Korea: A community-based cohort study12
Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals including phthalates, phenols, and parabens in infancy: Associations with neurodevelopmental outcomes in the MARBLES study12
Plasma per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixtures during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding in the New Hampshire birth cohort study12
Pathogen-specific response of infectious gastroenteritis to ambient temperature: National surveillance data in the Republic of Korea, 2015–201912
Seawater from Bergen harbor is a reservoir of conjugative multidrug-resistance plasmids carrying genes for virulence11
Health-related economic benefits of universal access to piped water in Arctic communities: Estimates for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska11
Pollen allergy: Developing multi-sectorial strategies for its prevention and control in lower and middle-income countries11
Prenatal mercury exposure and body mass index at 2 and 4 years: The Japan Environment and Children's Study11
Prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and blood pressure trajectories in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study11
Association between mixed exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults: Data from the Korean National environmental health survey cycle 411
A review of legionnaires’ disease and public water systems – Scientific considerations, uncertainties and recommendations11
Estimating cobalt exposure in respirable dust from cobalt in inhalable dust11
Copper and zinc status in cord blood and breast milk and child's neurodevelopment at 18 months: Results of the Italian PHIME cohort11
Is local air pollution concentration a moderator or mediator of the association between residential greenspace and pediatric asthma exacerbations? A longitudinal study of pediatric patients in Philade11
Serum concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) among men from the Danish fire services and Armed Forces11
Exposure characteristics of legacy PFAS, and their precursors and alternatives among children and adolescents of Korea11
Short-term ambient temperature variations and incidence of preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis11
Open defaecation by proxy: Tackling the increase of disposable diapers in waste piles in informal settlements11
Assessment of passive human exposure to tobacco smoke by environmental and biological monitoring in different public places in Wuhan, central China11
Exposure to phthalates and DiNCH among preschool children in Sweden: Urinary metabolite concentrations and predictors of exposure11
Sex-specific effect of perfluoroalkyl substances exposure on liver and thyroid function biomarkers: A mixture approach11
Systematic review of impacts of occupational exposure to wildfire smoke on respiratory function, symptoms, measures and diseases11
Serum concentration trends and apparent half-lives of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australian firefighters10
In utero exposure to a mixture of phthalates, parabens, and other phenols and menstrual cycle characteristics in adolescents10
Analysis of chemical exposures in racial populations in Canada: An investigation based on the Canadian health measures survey10
Informal E-waste recycling practices and environmental pollution in Africa: What is the way forward?10
Editorial Board10
Cadmium exposure in adults across Europe: Results from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies survey 2014–202010
The mediating role of vascular inflammation in traffic-related air pollution associated changes in insulin resistance in healthy adults10
The metalloid antimony in urine of children and adolescents in Germany – human biomonitoring results of the German Environmental Survey 2014–2017 (GerES V)10
Sex and adrenal hormones in association with insecticide biomarkers among adolescents living in ecuadorian agricultural communities10
Prenatal acute thermophysiological stress and spontaneous preterm birth in Western Australia, 2000–2015: A space-time-stratified case-crossover analysis10
Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with maternal early second trimester sex-steroid hormones10
A review of latrine front-end characteristics associated with microbial infection risk; reveals a lack of pathogen density data10
Adolescent sleep disturbances and road traffic noise: a Swiss cohort study10
A systematic review on solid fuel combustion exposure and respiratory health in adults in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand10
Joint association of air pollution exposure and inflammation-related proteins in relation to infant lung function10
Early childhood exposures to phthalates in association with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder behaviors in middle childhood and adolescence in the ReCHARGE study10
“Is my tap water safe to drink?”: Examining the quality of a national sample of United States drinking water reports10
Corrigendum to “Substitutes mimic the exposure behaviour of REACH regulated phthalates – A review of the German HBM system on the example of plasticizers” [Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 236 (2021) 113710
Air pollution and stroke; effect modification by sociodemographic and environmental factors. A cohort study from Denmark10
Long-term nighttime aircraft noise exposure and risk of hypertension in a prospective cohort of female nurses10
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