Environmental Health
A section of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Section Information
Environmental public health focuses on the action of the environment on human health. The field encompasses exposure science as exemplified by the exposome, health effect studies, including the effects of exposure on human physiology, and environmental policy development.
Keywords
- Human health and ecological risk assessment
- Management of natural and anthropogenic hazards
- Emergency management of natural and man-made disasters
- Chemical substances and harmful radiation
- Environmental pollution (air, water, soil, food) by physical, biological and/or chemical agents
- Environmental control and mitigation of vector-borne diseases
- Medical geology and environmental medicine
- Mechanisms of environmental diseases epigenetics, genomics, epidemiology, informatics and big data, molecular modeling
- Built environment and social environments
- Urban, rural environments
- Environmental justice
- Global climate change and planetary health
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Reducing Health Inequities: Social Epidemiology Insights for Public Health and Social Policy (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- The Role of Air Pollution during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Artisanal and Small-Scall Gold Mining (ASGM) Related Environmental and Health Problems (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Sustainable Waste Management to Mitigate Global Climate Change (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Low-Cost Sensors for Environmental Research and Public Health (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Urban Resilience and Population Health (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Human-Centered Approach in City Regeneration (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Addressing Disability Inequities: Environments, Society and Wellbeing (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Environmental Factors and Gastrointestinal Cancers (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- COVID-19 in North America: Clinical, Psychosocial, Laboratory, and Epidemiological Aspects (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Mental Health Consequences of Air and Noise Pollution (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Effect of Air Pollution on Low Birth Weight and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes (Deadline: 1 July 2022)
- Indoor Air Quality and Health Outcomes in Energy-Efficient Buildings (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Health, Wellbeing and Performance in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- COVID-19 and Environment: Impacts of a Global Pandemic (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Environmental Acoustics Assessments in Urban and Suburban Contexts (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Restorative Environments and Safety at Work (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Beyond Technical Aspects: Food Safety/Security from Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Advances in the Understanding of the Significance of Environmental Human-Made Electromagnetic Energy (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- 2nd Edition: The Impact of ENT Diseases in Social Life (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Threats of the Areas Least Resistant to the Effect of Human Pressure (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Impacts of Indoor Environmental Quality upon Public Health and Wellbeing (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Human Health and Water Pollution (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Advances in Soil and Sediment Pollution (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Human Exposure to Emerging Flame Retardants and Alternative Plasticizers (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- The Ecologic Environment and Physical Activity: Innovations and Opportunities That Advance Research, Practice, and Policy (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- In Multidisciplinary Perspectives: Healthcare Technology Research and Education Based on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Place, Space and Mental Health (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Potential Risk of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants in Drinking, Surface and Ground Water (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Intergenerational Programs and Health (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Global Indigenous Health: Maintaining Health in the Midst of Disruption (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Multiple Environmental Exposures and Cardiorespiratory Diseases (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Nitrogen Cycle and Soil Remediation (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Waste Management, Air Quality, Pollutant Dispersion, Human Health Impact (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Health Consequences of Environmental Exposures in Early Life (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Environmental and Occupational Health in Brazil (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Exposure Science and Toxicology for Infants; Anthropogenic and Naturally Produced Environmental Pollutants, Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- 2nd Edition of Mining and the Environment: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Health Promotion and Behavioral Epidemiology (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Housing Environment and Mental Health of Citizens (Deadline: 1 September 2022)
- Environmental, Occupational, and Smoke-Related Exposure: Impact on Respiratory Diseases (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors in Pregnancy and Early Childhood: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Quantitative Assessment of Environmental/Human Health Risks (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Exclusive Papers Collection of Editorial Board Members in Section ‘Environmental Health’ (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Diet and Nutrition: Metabolic Diseases (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Mental Health and Disaster: Response, Recovery, and Preparedness for the Future (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Lifestyle, Nutrition and Environmental Factors Influencing Health Benefits (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Environmental and Social Pathways Leading to Human Exposure to Geogenic Contaminants in Water and Soil (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- 2nd Edition of Urban Green Spaces (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Assessing Health and Environmental Risks of Nanoparticles (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Environmental Health Studies with Remote Sensing Technologies: Exposure Assessment and Health Outcomes (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Light Pollution (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Advances in Metal Exposure and Lung Diseases (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
- Frontiers in Air Pollution and Human Health (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Evidence for the Salutary Effects of Nature-Based Interventions (NBI) for Clinical and Public Health Practice (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Persistent Toxic Substances and Public Health (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Environmental and Safety Issues to Protect People's Health (Deadline: 1 November 2022)
- Tourism and Wellbeing (Deadline: 20 November 2022)
- Fire Vulnerability and Prevention and Suppression Effectiveness under Ongoing Global Change (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Cadmium, Environmental Exposure and Health Outcomes (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Pro-environmental Behaviors, Intentions and Concerns during, before and after the Pandemics: Present and Future Challenges (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Unfolding the Mechanisms and Health Risks of Nanomaterials and Heavy Metals Co-exposures in Terrestrial Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Sustainable Development of Key Areas for Human Wellbeing (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Coronavirus, Climate Change, and the Environment (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- All-Hazard Approach for Public Health Emergency (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Maternal and Fetal Exposure to Environmental Insults (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Healthy Farming and Environmental Pollution (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Public Health Disaster Research: Examples from the Field (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- The Role of Human Concepts in Environmental and Public Health (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Neurocognitive Disorders and Environmental Pollution (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Spatial Modeling of Air Pollutant Variability (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Other Stressors: Impacts on Fetal Development, Birth Outcomes, Children’s Health and Beyond (Deadline: 20 December 2022)
- Carbon Footprint and the Environment (Deadline: 29 December 2022)
- Organic Solid Waste Valorisation and Environmental Health (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Advances in Assessment of Environmental Exposure and Risk of Cancer (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Water, Health, and Environment (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Health Impact Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Environmental Health and Epidemiology (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Environmental Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Internal Diseases Associated with Negative Environmental Impacts (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Emerging Infectious Diseases and One Health (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Advances in Air Pollution Meteorology Research (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- The Impact of Built, Natural, Social, and Virtual Environments on Human Health (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- 2nd Edition of Forest for Human Health and Welfare (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Environmental Education and Awareness (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in the Living and Working Environment (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Disparities on Environmental Epidemiology and Risks (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Environmental Risk Assessment in Public Health (Deadline: 30 January 2023)
- Advanced Studies in Microplastic Pollution (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Living in a Chemical World: Environmental Exposures and Health (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Burden of Disease Attributable to Air Pollution: Second Edition (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Environmental Exposures and Health –Mechanisms and Their Contingencies in a Developmental Perspective (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Advances in Nature-Based Therapies and Human Health (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Environment and Respiratory Health (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring and Measurements: Radon (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyles in the Context of Planetary Health (Deadline: 15 February 2023)
- The Potential Environmental Impacts on Human Reproduction (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Sustainable Development in Human Environment—Current and Future Challenges (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Biogeochemistry and Quality Assessment of Trace Elements, Carbon, and Nutrients in Aquatic Systems (Deadline: 15 March 2023)
- Allergic Diseases in Adulthood: Burden, Mechanisms and Risk Factors (Deadline: 30 March 2023)
- Clinical, Toxicological and Environmental Aspects of Maternal and Child Health in the Light of Gender and Age Differences (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Climate Change, Pollution, Harvesting of Resources and Planetary Health: Impacts and Solutions (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Advances in Airborne Pollution and Human Exposure Research (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Environmental Policy and Governance Performance (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Occurrence and Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Advances in Pollutant Exposure and Health Effects (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Human Health Perspective on Environmental Exposure (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Fire Emissions: Exposure Data and Potential Health Risks for Firefighting Forces and the General Population (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Heavy Metal Environmental Contaminants in Food (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Advances in Hazardous Waste and Human Health (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Health Effects of Human Exposure to Environmental Pollution (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Urban Environmental Management and Urban Health Issues: What Sustainable and Livable Cities Look Like? (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Human Exposure to Multiple Environmental Contaminants: From Chemical to Biological Studies (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
- Housing, Built Environments, and Neighborhoods in Urban and Rural Human Settlements (Deadline: 15 April 2023)
- Environmental Signaling & Human Health (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Gender Inequalities in Health and Social Determinants (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Sustainable Cities: Environmental Regeneration for Healthier Lives (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
- Human in a Safe and Healthy Urban Environment (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- What Influences Environmental Behavior? (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Nature and Forest Therapy: The Effect on Physical and Mental Health (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- New Strategies for The Environment-Friendly Management of Plant Diseases (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Natural and Built Outdoor Environments and Children’s Health (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Built Environment and Public Health: Land Use, Neighborhoods, and Housing (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Building Sustainable Urban Space: A Sustainability Approach (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Environmental Sustainability and Pro-Environmental Behaviors (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Sex- and Gender- Related Differences in Early-Life Environmental Exposures, Susceptibilities, and Mechanistic Insights to Diseases throughout Life (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- ‘Indoor Generation’: Effects of the Indoor Environment on Work Performance and Well-Being (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
