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
Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Organic Peracids in Novel Environmental and Public Health Applications (Deadline: 15 June 2021)
- Physical Activity and Socioenvironmental Factors in Students (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Reducing Health Inequities: Social Epidemiology Insights for Public Health and Social Policy (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Responding to COVID-19 from Local, Regional and Global Perspectives: Challenges and Solutions (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- From Environmental Health Inequalities to Environmental Health Justice (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Solutions for Improving Essential Environmental Conditions in Healthcare Facilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Environment–Macromycetes (Fungi)–Edible Fungi (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Spatial Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases (Deadline: 30 June 2021)
- Public Health Policy and Local Development (Deadline: 30 July 2021)
- Assessment, Determination and Mitigation of Risks Related to the Occurrence of Radon Gas (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Hearing Conservation (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Food Safety: Microbial and Environmental Contamination in the Food Industry (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Effects of Environmental Exposures in Early-Live Populations (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals and Estrogenic Activity in the Context of Health Risk Assessment (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Food Insecurity: Health Effects and Interventions (Deadline: 31 July 2021)
- Spatial Modeling of Air Pollutant Variability (Deadline: 1 August 2021)
- Environmental Health Studies with Remote Sensing Technologies: Exposure Assessment and Health Outcomes (Deadline: 1 August 2021)
- Chemical Exposures during Pregnancy and Early Development in Children (Deadline: 15 August 2021)
- The Future of Environment: New Uses of the Ocean and Energy (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- New Threads in Environmental Toxicology (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Health, Wellbeing and Performance in Extreme Environments (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Spatial Analysis of Environmental Health (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Mental Health and Disaster: Response, Recovery, and Preparedness for the Future (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Multiple Environmental Exposures and Cardiorespiratory Diseases (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Changes in Dietary Protein, Amino Acids, Folate and Other Nutrients or Toxins Regulate Embryonic and Fetal Growth and Development: Implications for Transgenerational Metabolic Disorders in Adults (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Life Course Neighbourhood Effects (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Environmental and Social Pathways Leading to Human Exposure to Geogenic Contaminants in Water and Soil (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Rethinking the Power of Architecture that Promotes Healing in the Context of a Pandemic (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Community-Nurse Partnership for Health Promotion (Deadline: 31 August 2021)
- Light Pollution (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Environmental Exposures and Autism Spectrum Disorders (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Exceptionally High Exposure to Environmental Radioactivity and Its Health Effects (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Influence of Anthropogenic Activities on Avian Scavengers Conservation (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Indoor Air Quality and Health Outcomes in Energy-Efficient Buildings (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Trends in Drinking Water Quality (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Multisensory Research and Design for Health and Wellbeing in Architectural Environments (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Maternal and Child Health Impacts of Environmental Exposures (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Natural and Built Outdoor Environments and Children’s Health (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Dietary Exposure to Food Contaminants and Residues (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Environmental and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Physical Activity Behavior and Motor Competence among Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Global Indigenous Health: Maintaining Health in the Midst of Disruption (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Human Health and Environmental Exposure Assessment (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- The Exposome: Health Impacts of Environmental Exposures (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Changes in Heatwaves–Past, Present and Future (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants and Its Health Implications (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Assessment of Human Exposure Pathways to Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Environmental Exposures and Health –Mechanisms and Their Contingencies in a Developmental Perspective (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Research about Risk Perception in the Environmental Health Domain (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- 3rd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Forest for Human Health and Welfare (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Geographic and Environmental Perspectives on Population Health (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Experimental Microbiologic Investigations in Clinical Specimens, Foods and the Environments (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Understanding the Interplay between Genetic Predisposition and Environment on Chronic Disease (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Monitoring, and Health Effects (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- What Works for Addressing Multiple Environmental Health Burdens, Cumulative Environmental Health Risks and Impacts? (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- COVID-19, Waste, and Environmental Equity (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Tobacco Use and Other Unhealthy Behaviors: Therapeutic Potential of Modifying Temporal Orientation (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Restorative Environments and Safety at Work (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Ecosystem Health Services and Healthy living to Face Climate Changes (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Human Exposure to Emerging Flame Retardants and Alternative Plasticizers (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Drone Noise: A New Public Health Challenge (Deadline: 15 November 2021)
- Fire Vulnerability and Prevention and Suppression Effectiveness under Ongoing Global Change (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Environmental Signaling & Human Health (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Air Pollution in Africa and the African Diaspora (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Crowd-Sourced Data and Distributed Sensor Networks for Environmental Acoustics Assessments in Urban and Suburban Contexts (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Health Resort Medicine: Resources and Applications in Environmental Health (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Maternal and Fetal Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposures in Pediatric Populations (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Environmental Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- The Role of Human Concepts in Environmental and Public Health (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- 2nd Edition: Human Biomonitoring of Environmental and Occupational Exposures (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- COVID-19 and Indoor Air Quality – Impacts and Feedback Cycle (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Assessing Health and Environmental Risks of Nanoparticles (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Health Promotion and Behavioral Epidemiology (Deadline: 1 December 2021)
- Addressing Disability Inequities: Environments, Society and Wellbeing (Deadline: 3 December 2021)
- Technical and Organizational Solutions for Limiting the Spread of Pathogens in the Human Environment (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Volatile Organic Compounds, Indoor Air Quality and Health (Deadline: 30 December 2021)
- The Role of Air Pollution during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Artisanal and Small-Scall Gold Mining (ASGM) Related Environmental and Health Problems (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Health Impact Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Environmental Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Miniaturized Monitors for Occupational Exposure Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- The Effects of Air Pollutants on Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- To Mark the 20th Anniversary of 9/11: Long-Term Health Effects (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Molecular Tools in Environmental Risk Assessment: Time for Systems Ecotoxicology? (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Housing and Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Low-Cost Air Pollution Sensors and Public Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- The Effects of the Pandemic on Occupational and Environmental Safety (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances in Environmental Toxicology, Pathology and Monitoring (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Water Reuse Applications and Public Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Environmental Disasters and Individuals’ Emergency Preparedness: In the Perspective of Psychology and Behavior (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Potential Risk of Inorganic and Organic Contaminants in Drinking, Surface and Ground Water (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances in Air Pollution Meteorology Research (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Environmental and Health Effects Associated with Wastewater Pollution, Treatment and Reuse (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Combined Environmental Exposures/ Chemical Mixtures (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Human-Centered Approach in City Regeneration (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Waste Management, Air Quality, Pollutant Dispersion, Human Health Impact (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Air Pollution and Diet on Lung Health in Children (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in the Living and Working Environment (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Social Determinants of Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Occupational & Environmental Health Risk Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Occupational and Environmental Exposures and Reproductive Health and Pregnancy Outcomes (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Environmental and Occupational Health in Brazil (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Exposure Science and Toxicology for Infants; Anthropogenic and Naturally Produced Environmental Pollutants, Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Environment and Respiratory Health (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Mental Health Consequences of Air and Noise Pollution (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances in Soil and Sediment Pollution (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Environmental Factors and Gastrointestinal Cancers (Deadline: 14 January 2022)
- Natural Experience of Urban Park and Forest Contributes to Preventive Medicine such as Lifestyle-related Diseases and Depression (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Health Promotion and Health Education in Nursing and Healthcare (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Impacts of Indoor Environmental Quality upon Public Health and Wellbeing (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- The Importance of the Environment and External Constraints in Health and Sport Development (Deadline: 1 February 2022)
- Health Consequences of Environmental Exposures in Early Life (Deadline: 1 February 2022)
- The Effects of Food Promotion Techniques on Healthy Eating Habits to Reduce Environmental Impacts (Deadline: 15 February 2022)
- Health Effects of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds in the Forest Air (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Health Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Change (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Environmental, Occupational, and Smoke-Related Exposure: Impact on Respiratory Diseases (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- In Multidisciplinary Perspectives: Healthcare Technology Research and Education Based on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Neurocognitive Disorders and Environmental Pollution (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Intergenerational Programs and Health (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Greenness Epidemiology using Spatial Informatics Technologies (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in Airborne Pollution and Human Exposure Research (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Environmental Physiology in Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in Hazardous Waste and Human Health (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in Nature-Based Therapies and Human Health (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Gender Inequalities in Health and Social Determinants (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Spatial Analytics for COVID-19 Studies (Deadline: 1 May 2022)
- Climate Change, Pollution and Planetary Health: Impacts and Solutions (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Challenges and Emerging Approaches in Environmental Exposure and Human Health Risk Assessment (Deadline: 15 June 2022)
- COVID-19 in North America: Clinical, Psychosocial, Laboratory, and Epidemiological Aspects (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advances in Metal Exposure and Lung Diseases (Deadline: 30 October 2022)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
