International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
Formerly: Zentralblatt fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin
Merged with Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health serves as a multidisciplinary forum for all research areas of hygiene, toxicology and environmental and occupational health. Original papers, rapid communications, reviews, case reports, technical notes, and editorials are invited and will be accepted for publication following peer review. High priority will be given to articles on environmental toxicology, risk assessment, susceptible populations, interactive effects of biological, physical and chemical factors, public health, environmental epidemiology, hospital hygiene, environmental microbiology, and clinical aspects related to environmental and occupational medicine.
Editor-in-Chief: Michael Wilhelm
Impact factor: 3.045
5 year impact factor: 3.371
Imprint: Urban And Fischer
ISSN: 1438-4639
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Top 10 Cited (articles published in the last five years)
Extracted from Scopus (on Sat Jun 29)182 Fromme, H. | Tittlemier, S.A. | Völkel, W. | Wilhelm, M. | Twardella, D. Perfluorinated compounds - Exposure assessment for the general population in western countries International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 212, Issue 3, 2009-05-01, Pages 239-270 172 Heudorf, U. | Mersch-Sundermann, V. | Angerer, J. Phthalates: Toxicology and exposure International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 210, Issue 5, 2007-10-31, Pages 623-634 166 Angerer, J. | Ewers, U. | Wilhelm, M. Human biomonitoring: State of the art International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 210, Issue 3-4, 2007-05-22, Pages 201-228 153 Frederiksen, M. | Vorkamp, K. | Thomsen, M. | Knudsen, L.E. Human internal and external exposure to PBDEs - A review of levels and sources International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 212, Issue 2, 2009-03-01, Pages 109-134 91 Wittassek, M. | Wiesmüller, G.A. | Koch, H.M. | Eckard, R. | Dobler, L. | Müller, J. | Angerer, J. | Schlüter, C. Internal phthalate exposure over the last two decades - A retrospective human biomonitoring study International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 210, Issue 3-4, 2007-05-22, Pages 319-333 67 Fromme, H. | Bolte, G. | Koch, H.M. | Angerer, J. | Boehmer, S. | Drexler, H. | Mayer, R. | Liebl, B. Occurrence and daily variation of phthalate metabolites in the urine of an adult population International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 210, Issue 1, 2007-02-13, Pages 21-33 66 Schulz, C. | Conrad, A. | Becker, K. | Kolossa-Gehring, M. | Seiwert, M. | Seifert, B. Twenty years of the German Environmental Survey (GerES): Human biomonitoring - Temporal and spatial (West Germany/East Germany) differences in population exposure International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 210, Issue 3-4, 2007-05-22, Pages 271-297 61 Völkel, W. | Genzel-Boroviczény, O. | Demmelmair, H. | Gebauer, C. | Koletzko, B. | Twardella, D. | Raab, U. | Fromme, H. Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in human breast milk: Results of a pilot study International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 211, Issue 3-4, 2008-07-15, Pages 440-446 61 Becker, K. | Göen, T. | Seiwert, M. | Conrad, A. | Pick-Fuß, H. | Müller, J. | Wittassek, M. | Schulz, C. | Kolossa-Gehring, M. GerES IV: Phthalate metabolites and bisphenol A in urine of German children International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 212, Issue 6, 2009-11-01, Pages 685-692 54 Hansen, Å.M. | Mathiesen, L. | Pedersen, M. | Knudsen, L.E. Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-HP) in environmental and occupational studies-A review International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 211, Issue 5-6, 2008-10-01, Pages 471-503 - View all items
Special issues
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Special Issue: Berlin International Conference on Human Biomonitoring
Volume 215, Issue 2,
Published February 2012 - Buy now
The second European PhD students workshop: Water and health – Cannes 2010
Volume 214, Issue 6,
Published November 2011 - Buy now
First Ph.D. student seminar on "Water & Health" organized within the "Cannes Water Symposium", Cannes, July 2009
Volume 213, Issue 3,
Published June 2010
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