Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
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Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
|
JAMA
|
2006
|
13.43
|
2
|
Temperature and mortality in 11 cities of the eastern United States.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2002
|
9.88
|
3
|
Ozone and short-term mortality in 95 US urban communities, 1987-2000.
|
JAMA
|
2004
|
7.52
|
4
|
Body-mass index and mortality in Korean men and women.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
7.50
|
5
|
Cancer risks attributable to low doses of ionizing radiation: assessing what we really know.
|
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
|
2003
|
7.44
|
6
|
Sleep-disordered breathing and mortality: a prospective cohort study.
|
PLoS Med
|
2009
|
7.06
|
7
|
Fasting serum glucose level and cancer risk in Korean men and women.
|
JAMA
|
2005
|
6.69
|
8
|
Tobacco use in 3 billion individuals from 16 countries: an analysis of nationally representative cross-sectional household surveys.
|
Lancet
|
2012
|
6.49
|
9
|
Relation between elevated ambient temperature and mortality: a review of the epidemiologic evidence.
|
Epidemiol Rev
|
2002
|
6.46
|
10
|
Predictors of sleep-disordered breathing in community-dwelling adults: the Sleep Heart Health Study.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2002
|
5.98
|
11
|
On the use of generalized additive models in time-series studies of air pollution and health.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2002
|
5.05
|
12
|
Mortality attributable to smoking in China.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2009
|
4.75
|
13
|
A meta-analysis of time-series studies of ozone and mortality with comparison to the national morbidity, mortality, and air pollution study.
|
Epidemiology
|
2005
|
4.60
|
14
|
Spatial and temporal variation in PM(2.5) chemical composition in the United States for health effects studies.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2007
|
4.39
|
15
|
Epidemiology of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition).
|
Chest
|
2007
|
4.29
|
16
|
Seasonal analyses of air pollution and mortality in 100 US cities.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2005
|
3.94
|
17
|
The global burden of disease due to outdoor air pollution.
|
J Toxicol Environ Health A
|
2005
|
3.43
|
18
|
Emergency admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases and the chemical composition of fine particle air pollution.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2009
|
3.41
|
19
|
Hospital admissions and chemical composition of fine particle air pollution.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2009
|
3.38
|
20
|
Epidemiology of lung cancer.
|
Chest
|
2003
|
3.35
|
21
|
Coarse particulate matter air pollution and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases among Medicare patients.
|
JAMA
|
2008
|
3.04
|
22
|
Hospital admissions for heart disease: the effects of temperature and humidity.
|
Epidemiology
|
2004
|
2.49
|
23
|
Smoking and cancer risk in Korean men and women.
|
Cancer Causes Control
|
2004
|
2.46
|
24
|
Secondhand smoke exposure among women and children: evidence from 31 countries.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2008
|
2.37
|
25
|
Air pollution and health: a European and North American approach (APHENA).
|
Res Rep Health Eff Inst
|
2009
|
2.33
|
26
|
Epidemiology of lung cancer: looking to the future.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2005
|
2.33
|
27
|
Particulate air pollution and mortality in the United States: did the risks change from 1987 to 2000?
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2007
|
2.29
|
28
|
Fine particulate matter and mortality: a comparison of the six cities and American Cancer Society cohorts with a medicare cohort.
|
Epidemiology
|
2008
|
2.25
|
29
|
Time-series studies of particulate matter.
|
Annu Rev Public Health
|
2004
|
2.23
|
30
|
Revised analyses of the National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study: mortality among residents of 90 cities.
|
J Toxicol Environ Health A
|
2005
|
2.21
|
31
|
Outdoor particulate matter exposure and lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2014
|
2.20
|
32
|
Seasonal and regional short-term effects of fine particles on hospital admissions in 202 US counties, 1999-2005.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2008
|
2.20
|
33
|
Airborne particulate matter and mortality: timescale effects in four US cities.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2003
|
2.13
|
34
|
Building capacity for international tobacco control research: the global tobacco research network.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2005
|
1.91
|
35
|
Body mass index and cancer risk in Korean men and women.
|
Int J Cancer
|
2008
|
1.89
|
36
|
Mortality in the Medicare population and chronic exposure to fine particulate air pollution in urban centers (2000-2005).
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2008
|
1.89
|
37
|
National maps of the effects of particulate matter on mortality: exploring geographical variation.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2003
|
1.86
|
38
|
Smoking among adolescents in China: 1998 survey findings.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
2004
|
1.81
|
39
|
Variation in symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing with race and ethnicity: the Sleep Heart Health Study.
|
Sleep
|
2003
|
1.81
|
40
|
Smoking and risk of tuberculosis incidence, mortality, and recurrence in South Korean men and women.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2009
|
1.78
|
41
|
State-of-the-science workshop report: issues and approaches in low-dose-response extrapolation for environmental health risk assessment.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2008
|
1.77
|
42
|
Epidemiology of lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
|
Chest
|
2013
|
1.77
|
43
|
Does the effect of PM10 on mortality depend on PM nickel and vanadium content? A reanalysis of the NMMAPS data.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2007
|
1.73
|
44
|
Temperature and mortality among the elderly in the United States: a comparison of epidemiologic methods.
|
Epidemiology
|
2005
|
1.70
|
45
|
Emergency hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases and ambient levels of carbon monoxide: results for 126 United States urban counties, 1999-2005.
|
Circulation
|
2009
|
1.65
|
46
|
Total cholesterol and cancer risk in a large prospective study in Korea.
|
J Clin Oncol
|
2011
|
1.59
|
47
|
Moving beyond global tobacco control to global disease control.
|
Tob Control
|
2011
|
1.50
|
48
|
Cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, hepatitis B, and risk for hepatocellular carcinoma in Korea.
|
J Natl Cancer Inst
|
2004
|
1.44
|
49
|
Lung cancer in never smokers: molecular profiles and therapeutic implications.
|
Clin Cancer Res
|
2009
|
1.44
|
50
|
Assessing secondhand smoke using biological markers.
|
Tob Control
|
2012
|
1.44
|
51
|
Is there evidence for synergy among air pollutants in causing health effects?
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2008
|
1.42
|
52
|
Environmental monitoring of secondhand smoke exposure.
|
Tob Control
|
2012
|
1.39
|
53
|
Causal inference in public health.
|
Annu Rev Public Health
|
2013
|
1.38
|
54
|
An exposure assessment study of ambient heat exposure in an elderly population in Baltimore, Maryland.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2002
|
1.35
|
55
|
Smoking and risk for diabetes incidence and mortality in Korean men and women.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2010
|
1.34
|
56
|
Commentary: Does air pollution confound studies of temperature?
|
Epidemiology
|
2014
|
1.29
|
57
|
Second-hand smoke's worldwide disease toll.
|
Lancet
|
2010
|
1.29
|
58
|
Mortality risks for all causes and cardiovascular diseases and reduced GFR in a middle-aged working population in Taiwan.
|
Am J Kidney Dis
|
2008
|
1.28
|
59
|
Outdoor air pollution and acute respiratory infections among children in developing countries.
|
J Occup Environ Med
|
2002
|
1.28
|
60
|
Is the air pollution health research community prepared to support a multipollutant air quality management framework?
|
Inhal Toxicol
|
2010
|
1.24
|
61
|
Associations of weight, weight change, and body mass with breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2002
|
1.23
|
62
|
Lead, genetic susceptibility, and risk of adult brain tumors.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2006
|
1.23
|
63
|
Myths and attitudes that sustain smoking in China.
|
J Health Commun
|
2008
|
1.22
|
64
|
Reduction of secondhand tobacco smoke in public places following national smoke-free legislation in Uruguay.
|
Tob Control
|
2010
|
1.20
|
65
|
White blood cell count and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a cohort of Koreans.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2005
|
1.18
|
66
|
World No Tobacco Day 2011: India's progress in implementing the framework convention on tobacco control.
|
Indian J Med Res
|
2011
|
1.18
|
67
|
Invited commentary: the challenge of tobacco control in China.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2014
|
1.16
|
68
|
Radiation-induced cancer risk from annual computed tomography for patients with cystic fibrosis.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2007
|
1.15
|
69
|
A review of tobacco smoking and smoking cessation practices among physicians in China: 1987-2010.
|
Tob Control
|
2011
|
1.14
|
70
|
The role of litigation in tobacco control.
|
Salud Publica Mex
|
2006
|
1.14
|
71
|
The National Morbidity, Mortality, and Air Pollution Study. Part III: PM10 concentration-response curves and thresholds for the 20 largest US cities.
|
Res Rep Health Eff Inst
|
2004
|
1.13
|
72
|
Cotinine concentration in smokers from different countries: relationship with amount smoked and cigarette type.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2006
|
1.10
|
73
|
Murine lung responses to ambient particulate matter: genomic analysis and influence on airway hyperresponsiveness.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2008
|
1.09
|
74
|
Secondhand tobacco smoke: an occupational hazard for smoking and non-smoking bar and nightclub employees.
|
Tob Control
|
2012
|
1.09
|
75
|
Assessment of exposure to secondhand smoke by questionnaire and salivary cotinine in the general population of Barcelona, Spain (2004-2005).
|
Prev Med
|
2009
|
1.08
|
76
|
Method validation for measurement of hair nicotine level in nonsmokers.
|
Biomed Chromatogr
|
2009
|
1.07
|
77
|
Regulation of COX-2 expression and IL-6 release by particulate matter in airway epithelial cells.
|
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
|
2008
|
1.05
|
78
|
Assessing secondhand smoke exposure with reported measures.
|
Tob Control
|
2012
|
1.05
|
79
|
Menthol cigarettes, race/ethnicity, and biomarkers of tobacco use in U.S. adults: the 1999-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2012
|
1.04
|
80
|
Science, prudence, and politics: the case of smoke-free indoor spaces.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2010
|
1.04
|
81
|
Determinants of hair nicotine concentrations in nonsmoking women and children: a multicountry study of secondhand smoke exposure in homes.
|
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
|
2009
|
1.03
|
82
|
IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2015
|
1.03
|
83
|
Air pollution and public health: a guidance document for risk managers.
|
J Toxicol Environ Health A
|
2008
|
1.03
|
84
|
Smoking bans prevent heart attacks.
|
Circulation
|
2006
|
1.03
|
85
|
Determinants of salivary cotinine levels among current smokers in Mexico.
|
Nicotine Tob Res
|
2004
|
1.02
|
86
|
Particulate matter disrupts human lung endothelial barrier integrity via ROS- and p38 MAPK-dependent pathways.
|
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
|
2009
|
1.02
|
87
|
Estimating the risks and benefits of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation in the United States.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2009
|
1.00
|
88
|
Population-wide sodium reduction: the bumpy road from evidence to policy.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2012
|
0.99
|
89
|
Re: "On the use of generalized additive models in time-series studies of air pollution and health" and "Temperature and mortality in 11 cities of the eastern United States".
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2003
|
0.98
|
90
|
Respiratory effects of inhalation exposure among workers during the clean-up effort at the World Trade Center disaster site.
|
Environ Res
|
2005
|
0.98
|
91
|
American Cancer Society perspectives on environmental factors and cancer.
|
CA Cancer J Clin
|
2009
|
0.97
|
92
|
Determinants of salivary cotinine concentrations in Chinese male smokers.
|
Prev Med
|
2003
|
0.97
|
93
|
Interactions between cigarette smoking and fine particulate matter in the Risk of Lung Cancer Mortality in Cancer Prevention Study II.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2014
|
0.96
|
94
|
Comprehensive smoking bans and acute myocardial infarction among Medicare enrollees in 387 US counties: 1999-2008.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2012
|
0.96
|
95
|
Systematic review and meta-analysis of miscarriage and maternal exposure to tobacco smoke during pregnancy.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2014
|
0.95
|
96
|
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in relation to suicide mortality in Asia: prospective cohort study of over one million Korean men and women.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2011
|
0.94
|
97
|
Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries: a call to action.
|
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
|
2010
|
0.92
|
98
|
Challenging the epidemiologic evidence on passive smoking: tactics of tobacco industry expert witnesses.
|
Tob Control
|
2006
|
0.92
|
99
|
Is alcohol intake associated with breast cancer in Hispanic women? The New Mexico Women's Health Study.
|
Ethn Dis
|
2002
|
0.92
|
100
|
Particulate matter induces cardiac arrhythmias via dysregulation of carotid body sensitivity and cardiac sodium channels.
|
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
|
2011
|
0.91
|
101
|
Salivary cotinine concentrations in daily smokers in Barcelona, Spain: a cross-sectional study.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2009
|
0.91
|
102
|
Particulate matter air pollution disrupts endothelial cell barrier via calpain-mediated tight junction protein degradation.
|
Part Fibre Toxicol
|
2012
|
0.90
|
103
|
Acute effects of ambient ozone on mortality in Europe and North America: results from the APHENA study.
|
Air Qual Atmos Health
|
2013
|
0.90
|
104
|
Fasting glucose level and the risk of incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2013
|
0.89
|
105
|
The threat of menthol cigarettes to U.S. public health.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2011
|
0.89
|
106
|
Tobacco sales and promotion in bars, cafes and nightclubs from large cities around the world.
|
Tob Control
|
2011
|
0.89
|
107
|
From epidemiology to policy: toward more effective practice.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2010
|
0.88
|
108
|
Lung cancer in never smokers: a call to action.
|
Clin Cancer Res
|
2009
|
0.87
|
109
|
Workplace smoking restrictions in China: results from a six county survey.
|
Tob Control
|
2010
|
0.86
|
110
|
Development of policy performance indicators to assess the implementation of protection from exposure to secondhand smoke in China.
|
Tob Control
|
2013
|
0.86
|
111
|
Smoking kills: experimental proof from the Lung Health Study.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2005
|
0.86
|
112
|
Air pollution and Epidemiology: "déjà vu all over again?".
|
Epidemiology
|
2002
|
0.86
|
113
|
Small particles with big effects.
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
0.86
|
114
|
A comparison of three comorbidity indexes in a head and neck cancer population.
|
Oral Oncol
|
2002
|
0.86
|
115
|
Commentary: what contributes to a successful career in epidemiology in the United States?
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2002
|
0.85
|
116
|
Family history of diabetes and risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Korean men and women.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2007
|
0.85
|
117
|
Report of workshop on traffic, health, and infrastructure planning.
|
Arch Environ Occup Health
|
2006
|
0.84
|
118
|
Body mass index and serum aminotransferase levels in Korean men and women.
|
J Clin Gastroenterol
|
2009
|
0.84
|
119
|
Air pollution, climate, and heart disease.
|
Circulation
|
2013
|
0.84
|
120
|
Could secondhand smoke exposure harm the mental health of children?
|
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
|
2011
|
0.82
|
121
|
Genetic risk factors for orofacial clefts in Central Africans and Southeast Asians.
|
Am J Med Genet A
|
2014
|
0.82
|
122
|
Smoking, menthol cigarettes, and peripheral artery disease in U.S. adults.
|
Nicotine Tob Res
|
2012
|
0.82
|
123
|
What are the cancer risks from using chest computed tomography to manage cystic fibrosis?
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2006
|
0.80
|
124
|
Measuring depression in South Korea: validity and reliability of a brief questionnaire in the Korean Cancer Prevention Study.
|
J Affect Disord
|
2013
|
0.80
|
125
|
Prenatal secondhand smoke exposure and infant birth weight in China.
|
Int J Environ Res Public Health
|
2012
|
0.80
|
126
|
Prenatal tobacco prevention and cessation interventions for women in low- and middle-income countries.
|
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand
|
2010
|
0.79
|
127
|
Association between time to first cigarette after waking up and salivary cotinine concentration.
|
Nicotine Tob Res
|
2011
|
0.78
|
128
|
A tale of two toxicants: lessons from Minamata and Liaoning.
|
Epidemiology
|
2008
|
0.78
|
129
|
American College of Epidemiology weighs in on new NCI Biorepository Guidelines.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2006
|
0.77
|
130
|
How do we catch colds?
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2004
|
0.77
|
131
|
ACE forum report: the making of an epidemiologist--necessary components for doctoral education and training.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2003
|
0.77
|
132
|
Hierarchical bivariate time series models: a combined analysis of the effects of particulate matter on morbidity and mortality.
|
Biostatistics
|
2004
|
0.77
|
133
|
Repeated nitrogen dioxide exposures and eosinophilic airway inflammation in asthmatics: a randomized crossover study.
|
Environ Health Perspect
|
2014
|
0.77
|
134
|
Improving performance of HVAC systems to reduce exposure to aerosolized infectious agents in buildings; recommendations to reduce risks posed by biological attacks.
|
Biosecur Bioterror
|
2006
|
0.76
|
135
|
Colloquium statement: strategic policy directions for air quality management.
|
J Toxicol Environ Health A
|
2008
|
0.76
|
136
|
Racial differences in hair nicotine concentrations among smokers.
|
Nicotine Tob Res
|
2012
|
0.76
|
137
|
Measuring the effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids for COPD is not easy!
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2003
|
0.75
|
138
|
Epidemiologic approaches to global health.
|
Epidemiol Rev
|
2010
|
0.75
|
139
|
Retrospective mortality study among employees occupationally exposed to toner.
|
J Occup Environ Med
|
2010
|
0.75
|
140
|
Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Perinatal Death and Maternal Exposure to Tobacco Smoke During Pregnancy.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2016
|
0.75
|
141
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Studies of particulate air pollution and mortality: when do authors comment on the policy implications?
|
Epidemiology
|
2002
|
0.75
|
142
|
Trends in use of inhaled corticosteroids for asthma management: 1994-1998.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2004
|
0.75
|
143
|
Epidemiology and the Tobacco Epidemic: How Research on Tobacco and Health Shaped Epidemiology.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2016
|
0.75
|
144
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SAPALDIA 2: the cohort continues.
|
Soz Praventivmed
|
2005
|
0.75
|
145
|
Smoking in movies: when will the saga end?
|
Tob Control
|
2010
|
0.75
|
146
|
[Laws that ban smoking in indoor places in Mexico].
|
Salud Publica Mex
|
2008
|
0.75
|
147
|
How to be a department chair of epidemiology: a survival guide.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2010
|
0.75
|
148
|
Potential funding crisis for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
|
Lancet
|
2004
|
0.75
|
149
|
Dissent is a cornerstone of scientific discourse.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
2003
|
0.75
|
150
|
Inhaled corticosteroids and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: new and improved evidence?
|
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
|
2005
|
0.75
|
151
|
Medical expenditure of national health insurance attributable to smoking among the Korean population.
|
J Prev Med Public Health
|
2007
|
0.75
|
152
|
Funding crisis at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
|
J Radiol Prot
|
2004
|
0.75
|