International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health is 11. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Preconception mitochondrial DNA copy number plays a crucial role in linking prenatal air pollution with the risk of preterm birth236
Effect of a combined household-level piped water and sanitation intervention on reported menstrual hygiene practices and symptoms of urogenital infections in rural Odisha, India85
Drinking water sources, quality, and associated health outcomes in Appalachian Virginia: A risk characterization study in two counties85
Higher serum concentrations of PFAS among pesticide exposed female greenhouse workers83
Traffic exposure, air pollution and children's physical activity at early childhood education and care74
Prenatal exposure to solvents and fetal outcomes in a Canadian pregnancy cohort68
Domestic water security in the Arctic: A scoping review62
Household air pollution from wood-burning cookstoves and C-reactive protein among women in rural Honduras52
Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent environmental chemicals and fetal growth outcomes in Western Australia52
Association between serum elementomics of 48 elements and female fecundity: evidence from a nested case-control study in China46
Occurrence and genetic characteristics of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolates co-harboring antimicrobial resistance genes and metal tolerance genes in aquatic ecosystems42
Air pollution exposure and social responsiveness in childhood: The cincinnati combined childhood cohorts36
Self-reported oil spill exposure and birth outcomes among southern Louisiana women at the time of the Gulf oil spill: The GROWH study35
Effect of neighbourhood greenness on the association between air pollution and risk of stroke first onset: A case-crossover study in shandong province, China34
How to use human biomonitoring in chemical risk assessment: Methodological aspects, recommendations, and lessons learned from HBM4EU33
Temporal trend and cross-sectional characterization of urinary concentrations of glyphosate in Japanese children from 2006 to 201533
Internal exposure of Flemish teenagers to environmental pollutants: Results of the Flemish Environment and Health Study 2016–2020 (FLEHS IV)33
Occupational health outcomes among sanitation workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis32
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)31
Fine particulate matter components and reproductive hormones in female adults: A 15-year longitudinal cohort study31
Longitudinal measures of phthalate exposure and asthma exacerbation in a rural agricultural cohort of Latino children in Yakima Valley, Washington30
Microbiological survey and occurrence of bacterial foodborne pathogens in raw and ready-to-eat green leafy vegetables marketed in Tehran, Iran30
Associations between exposure to blue spaces and natural and cause-specific mortality in Greece: An ecological study29
Heat waves and mortality in the Brazilian Amazon: Effect modification by heat wave characteristics, population subgroup, and cause of death29
The effects of parental occupational exposures on autism spectrum disorder severity and skills in cognitive and adaptive domains in children with autism spectrum disorder28
Inhalation and dermal absorption as dominant pathways of PCB exposure for residents of contaminated apartment buildings28
Individual and joint effects of organophosphate esters and hypertension or diabetes on renal injury among Chinese adults28
Gestational exposure to organophosphate esters and adiposity measures of children up to 6 years: Effect modification by breastfeeding27
Molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli from dairy farm environment27
Measurement in the study of human exposure to animal feces: A systematic review and audit27
Biomonitoring for workplace exposure to copper and its compounds is currently not interpretable27
Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalate acid esters and gestational diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study27
Influence of community-level sanitation coverage and population density on environmental fecal contamination and child health in a longitudinal cohort in rural Bangladesh27
Association between ambient particulate matter and preterm birth stratified by temperature: A population-based pregnancy cohort study26
Time trend of the exposure to geraniol in 24-h urine samples derived from the German Environmental Specimen Bank from 2004 to 201826
Exposure to multiple trace elements and thyroid cancer risk in Chinese adults: A case-control study26
Arsenic exposure alters the expression of genes related to metabolic diseases in differentiated adipocytes and in newborns and children25
Editorial Board24
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
Environmental exposures and fecundability: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort study24
Editorial Board24
Increased self-reported sensitivity to environmental stimuli and its effects on perception of air quality and well-being24
Semen quality and sperm DNA integrity in city policemen exposed to polluted air in an urban industrial agglomeration23
Residential proximity to conventional and unconventional wells and exposure to indoor air volatile organic compounds in the Exposures in the Peace River Valley (EXPERIVA) study23
Association between air temperature and self-perceived health status in Southern Germany: Results from KORA FIT study23
Assessing the association between prenatal ambient temperature and extreme low birth weight in South Asia22
A review of studies on blood lead concentrations of traditional Mexican potters22
Editorial Board22
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
Risk perception or hazard perception? Examining misperceptions of miners’ personal exposures to noise22
Characterizing exposure to benzene, toluene, and naphthalene in firefighters wearing different types of new or laundered PPE22
Associations of maternal gestational urinary environmental phenols concentrations with bone mineral density among 12-year-old children in the HOME 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 behaviour22
The role of greenspace in vitamin D status: cross-sectional, observational evidence from the UK Biobank21
Prenatal exposure to phthalate mixtures and child neurodevelopment in toddlers aged 1–3 years from the PROTECT birth cohort21
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 BaP21
Mixture risk assessment and human biomonitoring: Lessons learnt from HBM4EU21
The relationship between working conditions, vehicle factors, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders affecting job satisfaction and job stress among motorcycle food delivery riders21
Inflammatory profiles, gut microbiome, and kidney function are impacted after high-fidelity firefighter training21
Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations during four windows spanning puberty (prepuberty through sexual maturity) and association with semen quality among young Russian men21
Editorial Board20
Urinary glyphosate kinetics after occupational exposure20
Association of metals with early postnatal gut microbiota among infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit20
Risks of misinterpretation of biomarker measurements in spot urine adjusted for creatinine – A problem especially for studies comparing plant based with omnivorous diets20
Metagenomics insights into microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes from free living amoeba in chlorinated wastewater effluents20
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA): No high-level accumulation in human lung and kidney tissue20
HBM4EU from the Coordinator's perspective: lessons learnt from managing a large-scale EU project19
Editorial Board19
Proximity and density of unconventional natural gas wells and mental illness and substance use among pregnant individuals: An exploratory study in Canada19
Pro-vegetarian dietary patterns and essential and heavy metal exposure in children of 4-5-years from the INfancia y medio Ambiente cohort (INMA)19
HBM4EU-MOM: Prenatal methylmercury-exposure control in five countries through suitable dietary advice for pregnancy – Study design and characteristics of participants18
Exposure to outdoor ambient air toxics and risk of breast cancer: The multiethnic cohort18
Association between exposure to wind turbines and sleep disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis18
Factors associated with internal contamination of nurses by antineoplastic drugs based on biomonitoring data from a previous study18
Biochemical and haematological effects of serum PFOA, ADV and cC6O4 in workers of a chemical company producing fluoropolymers, Italy, 2013–202218
Biomonitoring of DEET and DCBA in Canadian children following typical protective insect repellent use18
A human biomonitoring (HBM) Global Registry Framework: Further advancement of HBM research following the FAIR principles18
Sewage-based surveillance shows presence of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant against last resort antibiotics in the population in Bergen, Norway17
Face mask performance related to potentially infectious aerosol particles, breathing mode and facial leakage17
Incidental nanoparticle characterisation in industrial settings to support risk assessment modelling17
The dominance of co-circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater17
Concentrations and determinants of lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic in pooled donor breast milk in Spain17
Maternal residential exposure to solvents from industrial sources during pregnancy and childhood cancer risk in California17
Assessment of the 20L SODIS bucket household water treatment technology under field conditions in rural Malawi17
Reducing the complexity of high-dimensional environmental data: An analytical framework using LASSO with considerations of confounding for statistical inference17
Monitoring ambient air pollution and pulmonary function in asthmatic children by mobile applications in COVID-19 pandemic16
Implementing a multimodal intervention using local resources to improve hand hygiene compliance in a comprehensive specialized hospital in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia16
Analyzing long-term trends in cotinine concentrations among smokers and non-smokers under South Korea's tobacco control policies16
Gestational organophosphate ester exposure and preschool attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child cohort study16
Who benefits from green spaces? Surrounding greenness and incidence of cardiovascular disease in a population-based electronic medical records cohort in Madrid16
Neighborhood environment and cognitive functioning in middle-aged and older population: A mediating role of physical activity16
Alterations to the urinary metabolome following semi-controlled short exposures to ultrafine particles at a major airport16
Lead (Pb) and neurodevelopment: A review on exposure and biomarkers of effect (BDNF, HDL) and susceptibility15
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
Public health performance of sanitation technologies in Tamil Nadu, India: Initial perspectives based on E. coli release15
Assessment of exposure to pesticide mixtures in five European countries by a harmonized urinary suspect screening approach15
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
Multiple mycotoxin exposure assessment through human biomonitoring in an esophageal cancer case-control study in the Arsi-Bale districts of Oromia region of Ethiopia14
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons assessed by biomonitoring of firefighters during fire operations in Germany14
Alterations of fecal antibiotic resistome in COVID-19 patients after empirical antibiotic exposure14
Pathogen-specific response of infectious gastroenteritis to ambient temperature: National surveillance data in the Republic of Korea, 2015–201914
Epidemiological insights into neonatal deaths: The role of cooking fuel pollution in Colombia14
Defining alarm thresholds for the load of pathogenic viruses in wastewater for decision making: An application to three French cities14
Biodegradation of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole in secondary effluent by microalgae-bacteria consortium14
“Residential greenness, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and microbiome diversity during pregnancy”13
Children's exposure risk toward brominated flame retardants and organophosphate esters during preschool attendance and potential contamination sources13
Association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus13
Interpreting biomonitoring data: Introducing the international human biomonitoring (i-HBM) working group's health-based guidance value (HB2GV) dashboard13
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 climate13
Special issue editorial: Key results of the european human biomonitoring initiative - HBM4EU13
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
Blood lead, cadmium and hair mercury concentrations and association with soil, dust and occupational factors in e-waste recycling workers in Bangladesh13
Chlorination for low-cost household water disinfection – A critical review and status in three Latin American countries13
Household water use and greywater management in Khulna city, Bangladesh13
Letter to the editor13
Effects of particulate air pollution on BPDE-DNA adducts, telomere length, and mitochondrial DNA copy number in human exhaled breath condensate and BEAS-2B cells13
Long-term exposure to green and blue space and incidence of cardiovascular disease: A Danish Nurse Cohort study13
Outdoor air pollution as a risk factor for testing positive for SARS-CoV-2: A nationwide test-negative case-control study in the Netherlands13
Aging of drinking water transmission pipes during long-term operation as a potential source of nano- and microplastics13
Community design and hypertension: Walkability and park access relationships with cardiovascular health13
Editorial Board13
Open defaecation by proxy: Tackling the increase of disposable diapers in waste piles in informal settlements12
Exposure to phthalates and DiNCH among preschool children in Sweden: Urinary metabolite concentrations and predictors of exposure12
Increased hospital admissions for asthma from short-term exposure to cold spells in Beijing, China12
Association of ambient air pollution with depressive and anxiety symptoms in pregnant women: A prospective cohort study12
Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort12
Association of urinary levels of trace metals with type 2 diabetes and obesity in postmenopausal women in Korea: A community-based cohort study12
Health-related economic benefits of universal access to piped water in Arctic communities: Estimates for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska12
Seawater from Bergen harbor is a reservoir of conjugative multidrug-resistance plasmids carrying genes for virulence12
Plasma per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixtures during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding in the New Hampshire birth cohort study12
Assessing occupational styrene exposure in the European and US Glass Reinforced Plastics Industry for the period between 1947 and 202012
Urinary neonicotinoid insecticides and adiposity measures among 7-year-old children in northern China: A cross-sectional study12
Exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals including phthalates, phenols, and parabens in infancy: Associations with neurodevelopmental outcomes in the MARBLES study12
Estimating cobalt exposure in respirable dust from cobalt in inhalable dust12
Assessment of passive human exposure to tobacco smoke by environmental and biological monitoring in different public places in Wuhan, central China12
Higher proportion of agricultural land use around the residence is associated with higher urinary concentrations of AMPA, a glyphosate metabolite11
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) 113711
Editorial Board11
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
Pollen allergy: Developing multi-sectorial strategies for its prevention and control in lower and middle-income countries11
Short-term ambient temperature variations and incidence of preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis11
A review of legionnaires’ disease and public water systems – Scientific considerations, uncertainties and recommendations11
Air pollution and stroke; effect modification by sociodemographic and environmental factors. A cohort study from Denmark11
Copper and zinc status in cord blood and breast milk and child's neurodevelopment at 18 months: Results of the Italian PHIME cohort11
Ambient ozone exposure and depression among middle-aged and older adults: Nationwide longitudinal evidence in China11
Municipal sewage as a pathway for multidrug-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from hospital effluent to urban stream: challenges for wastewater management11
Joint association of air pollution exposure and inflammation-related proteins in relation to infant lung function11
Prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and blood pressure trajectories in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study11
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