OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Health is 13. 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.)

Article	Citations
Impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Hohhot, Northern China: characteristics, sources, and source-specific health risks	115
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and risk-taking behaviors in early adulthood	61
Development of health-based exposure limits for radiofrequency radiation from wireless devices using a benchmark dose approach	54
Estimating the burden of diseases attributable to lead exposure in the North Africa and Middle East region, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019	52
What you don’t know can still hurt you - underreporting in EU pesticide regulation	51
Neighborhood environmental factors linked to hospitalizations of older people for viral lower respiratory tract infections in Spain: a case-crossover study	48
Household air pollution and risk of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-Infected adults	48
Association of Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) exposures and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus: a case–control study in China	46
Dietary bisphenols exposure as an influencing factor of body mass index	46
Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and BMI Z-scores from 5 to 14 years	45
The risk of perchlorate and iodine on the incidence of thyroid tumors and nodular goiter: a case-control study in southeastern China	45
Mixture effects of prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and polybrominated diphenyl ethers on maternal and newborn telomere length	42
Air pollution in association with mental and self-rated health and the mediating effect of physical activity	41
Short-term exposure to PM2.5 and 1.5 million deaths: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area	41
Residential proximity to croplands at birth and childhood leukaemia	40
Health symptom trajectories and neurotoxicant exposures in Gulf War veterans: the Ft. Devens cohort	40
Prescribed fires, smoke exposure, and hospital utilization among heart failure patients	36
Brief diesel exhaust exposure acutely impairs functional brain connectivity in humans: a randomized controlled crossover study	36
Acute association between heatwaves and stillbirth in six US states	33
Translating community-based participatory research into broadscale sociopolitical change: insights from a coalition of women firefighters, scientists, and environmental health advocates	33
Maternal exposure to housing renovation during the periconceptional period and the risk of offspring with isolated congenital heart disease: a case-control study	33
The effect of exposure to traffic related air pollutants in pregnancy on birth anthropometry: a cohort study in a heavily polluted low-middle income country	33
Estimating cardiovascular health gains from eradicating indoor cold in Australia	32
Associations between transport modes and site-specific cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Greater exposure to PM2.5 and PM10 was associated with lower corneal nerve measures: the Maastricht study - a cross-sectional study	32

Arsenic modifies the effect of folic acid in spina bifida prevention, a large hospital-based case-control study in Bangladesh	32
In utero particulate matter exposure in association with newborn mitochondrial ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy and its role in overweight during early childhood	32
Ambient long-term exposure to organophosphorus pesticides and the human gut microbiome: an observational study	32
The changing health effects of air pollution exposure for respiratory diseases: a multicity study during 2017–2022	30
Prenatal and childhood exposure to per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and its associations with childhood overweight and/or obesity: a systematic review with meta-analyses	30
Maternal multivitamin supplementation mitigates the risk of fetal congenital heart disease associated with high indoor total volatile organic compounds exposure in east china: a case-control study	30
Cord blood acrylamide levels and birth size, and interactions with genetic variants in acrylamide-metabolising genes	29
Research on developing environmental ethics in pharmacists’ activities	29
Spatio-temporal associations of air pollutant concentrations, GP respiratory consultations and respiratory inhaler prescriptions: a 5-year study of primary care in the borough of Lambeth, South London	29
Reanalysis of the association between reduction in long-term PM2.5 concentrations and improved life expectancy	28
Associations between blood cadmium and endocrine features related to PCOS-phenotypes in healthy women of reproductive age: a prospective cohort study	27
Characterizing environmental geographic inequalities using an integrated exposure assessment	27
Multigenerational endometriosis : consequence of fetal exposure to diethylstilbestrol ?	26
Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships	25
Correction: Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships	25
Temporal and Spatial Effects of Extreme Drought Events on Human Epidemics over Ancient China in 1784–1787 CE	24
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in circulation in a Canadian population: their association with serum-liver enzyme biomarkers and piloting a novel method to reduce serum-PFAS	24
Residential greenness, asthma, and lung function among children at high risk of allergic sensitization: a prospective cohort study	24
Developmental exposure to DDT or DDE alters sympathetic innervation of brown adipose in adult female mice	24
Health consequences of exposure to aircraft contaminated air and fume events: a narrative review and medical protocol for the investigation of exposed aircrew and passengers	24
Correction: Bone mass density following developmental exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): a longitudinal cohort study	24
Human-Biomonitoring derived exposure and Daily Intakes of Bisphenol A and their associations with neurodevelopmental outcomes among children of the Polish Mother and Child Cohort Study	23
Effects of exposure to surrounding green, air pollution and traffic noise with non-accidental and cause-specific mortality in the Dutch national cohort	22
Associations of residential green space with internalizing and externalizing behavior in early childhood	22
Evaluation of mortality among Marines, Navy personnel, and civilian workers exposed to contaminated drinking water at USMC base Camp Lejeune: a cohort study	22
Acute health effects associated with satellite-determined cyanobacterial blooms in a drinking water source in Massachusetts	22
Low-level plasticizer exposure and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in the general population	22
Respiratory function declines in children with asthma associated with chemical species of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Nagasaki, Japan	21
The potential human health hazard of nitrates in drinking water: a media discourse analysis in a high-income country	21
Risk of longer-term endocrine and metabolic conditions in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Coast Guard cohort study – five years of follow-up	21
Birch pollen, air pollution and their interactive effects on airway symptoms and peak expiratory flow in allergic asthma during pollen season – a panel study in Northern and Southern Sweden	21
Glyphosate exposure in early pregnancy and reduced fetal growth: a prospective observational study of high-risk pregnancies	21
A science-based agenda for health-protective chemical assessments and decisions: overview and consensus statement	21
Per and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and respiratory health in an Inuit community	21
Effects of air pollution on restricted activity days: systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Associations between PM2.5 exposure and Alzheimer’s Disease prevalence Among elderly in eastern China	20
The potential environmental impact of external speakers’ airplane travel to grand rounds conferences	20
Co-creating a local environmental epidemiology study: the case of citizen science for investigating air pollution and related health risks in Barcelona, Spain	20
Occupational exposure to organic solvents during pregnancy and child behavior from early childhood to adolescence	20
Commentary: Novel strategies and new tools to curtail the health effects of pesticides	20
Pervasive structural racism in environmental epidemiology	20
Out of balance: conflicts of interest persist in food chemicals determined to be generally recognized as safe	19
Association between organophosphorus pesticides and obesity among American adults	19
PFOA and testis cancer in the Veneto Region (Italy)	19
Application of probabilistic methods to address variability and uncertainty in estimating risks for non-cancer health effects	19
Response to Tsuda et al. “demonstrating the undermining of science and health policy after the Fukushima nuclear accident by applying the toolkit for detecting misused epidemiological methods”	19
Time-series analysis of temperature variability and cardiovascular emergency department visits in Atlanta over a 27-year period	19
Long-term ambient air pollution exposure and renal function and biomarkers of renal disease	18
Correction to: Neighborhood greenspace and risk of type 2 diabetes in a prospective cohort: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis	18
Correction: Immune biomarkers link air pollution exposure to blood pressure in adolescents	17

Cooking or heating with solid fuels increased the all-cause mortality risk among mid-aged and elderly People in China	17
Combined effects of global DNA methylation, blood lead and total urinary arsenic levels on developmental delay in preschool children	17
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, gestational weight gain, postpartum weight retention and body composition in the UPSIDE cohort	17
Official health communications are failing PFAS-contaminated communities	17
The CHANGE (Climate Health ANalysis Grading Evaluation) tool for weight of evidence reviews on climate change and health research	17
Human acute poisoning incidents associated with neonicotinoid pesticides in the U.S. Incident Data System (IDS) database from 2018–2022 – frequency and severity show public health risks, regulatory fa	17
Environmental epidemiology in a crossfire	17
Maternal methylmercury exposure through rice ingestion and child neurodevelopment in the first three years: a prospective cohort study in rural China	17
Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate components and leukocyte epigenome-wide DNA Methylation in older men: the Normative Aging Study	16
A co-created citizen science project on the short term effects of outdoor residential woodsmoke on the respiratory health of adults in the Netherlands	16
Exposure to cadmium and lead is associated with diabetic kidney disease in diabetic patients	16
Exposure to heavy metals in utero and autism spectrum disorder at age 3: a meta-analysis of two longitudinal cohorts of siblings of children with autism	16
Correction: Brief diesel exhaust exposure acutely impairs functional brain connectivity in humans: a randomized controlled crossover study	16
Wildfire smoke exposure and early childhood respiratory health: a study of prescription claims data	16
Early life exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and eating behaviors at age 12 years	16
Titanium exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus: associations and potential mediation by perturbation of amino acids in early pregnancy	16
How ambient temperature affects mood: an ecological momentary assessment study in Switzerland	16
Correction: Associations of residential green space with internalizing and externalizing behavior in early childhood	15
The association between newborn cord blood steroids and ambient prenatal exposure to air pollution: findings from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort	15
Modeling present and future climate risk of dengue outbreak, a case study in New Caledonia	15
World Health Organization repository of systematic reviews on interventions in environment, climate change and health: a new resource for decision makers, intervention implementers, and researchers	15
Individual and mixture associations of perfluoroalkyl substances on liver function biomarkers in the Canadian Health Measures Survey	15
A multi-step machine learning approach to assess the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on NO2 attributable deaths in Milan and Rome, Italy	15
Preterm birth and PM2.5 in Puerto Rico: evidence from the PROTECT birth cohort	15
Extreme temperature and out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest. Nationwide study in a hot climate country	15
The association between organophosphate insecticides and blood pressure dysregulation: NHANES 2013–2014	14
Association of longitudinal pet ownership with wheezing in 3-year-old children using the distributed lag model: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study	14
Cognitive decrements in 1991 Gulf War veterans: associations with Gulf War illness and neurotoxicant exposures in the Boston Biorepository, Recruitment, and Integrative Network (BBRAIN) cohorts	14
Prenatal and childhood exposure to chlordecone and adiposity of seven-year-old children in the Timoun mother–child cohort study in Guadeloupe (French West Indies)	14
Assessing the health risk of living near composting facilities on lung health, fungal and bacterial disease in cystic fibrosis: a UK CF Registry study	14
Association of physical activity and air pollution exposure with the risk of type 2 diabetes: a large population-based prospective cohort study	14
Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and heavy metals with blood lipid profiles in a representative sample of Korean adolescents	14
Road traffic density and recurrent asthma emergency department visits among Medicaid enrollees in New York State 2005–2015	14
Exposure to select PFAS and PFAS mixtures alters response to platinum-based chemotherapy in endometrial cancer cell lines	14
Relationship between radiofrequency-electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones and brain tumor: meta-analyses using various proxies for RF-EMR exposure-outcome assessment	14
Association between prenatal exposure to alkylphenols and intelligence quotient among preschool children: sex-specific effects	14
Impacts of dietary exposure to pesticides on faecal microbiome metabolism in adult twins	14
Serum concentrations of legacy, alternative, and precursor per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: a descriptive analysis of adult female participants in the MIREC-ENDO study	13
Annual dementia incidence and monetary burden attributable to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure in Sweden	13
Letter to the Editor: Cancer rates not explained by smoking: how to investigate a single county	13
Study Protocol. Evaluating the life-course health impact of a city-wide system approach to improve air quality in Bradford, UK: A quasi-experimental study with implementation and process evaluation	13
The association between different timeframes of air pollution exposure and COVID-19 incidence, morbidity and mortality in German counties in 2020	13
Association of indoor microbial aerosols with respiratory symptoms among under-five children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Environmental asbestos exposure and clustering of malignant mesothelioma in community: a spatial analysis in a population-based case–control study	13
Prenatal ambient air pollution and maternal depression at 12 months postpartum in the MADRES pregnancy cohort	13
Urinary cadmium concentration is associated with the severity and clinical outcomes of COVID-19: a bicenter observational cohort study	13
Air pollution, methane super-emitters, and oil and gas wells in Northern California: the relationship with migraine headache prevalence and exacerbation	13
The influence of dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the association between short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide and respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes among heal	13
Ambient nitrogen dioxide is associated with emergency hospital visits for atrial fibrillation: a population-based case-crossover study in Reykjavik, Iceland	13