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:
- Evidence for the Salutary Effects of Nature-Based Interventions (NBI) for Clinical and Public Health Practice (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Restorative Environments (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Natural and Built Outdoor Environments and Children’s Health (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Environmental and Safety Issues to Protect People's Health (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Related Environmental and Health Problems: Second Edition (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Advances in Assessment of Environmental Exposure and Risk of Cancer (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Sustainable Development in Human Environment—Current and Future Challenges (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Air Pollution Epidemiology (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Environments (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Mining and Environmental Health: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Built Environment and Public Health: Land Use, Neighborhoods, and Housing (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Ecosystem Health and Human Well-Being (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- 2nd Edition: Occupational & Environmental Health Risk Assessment (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Fire Vulnerability and Prevention and Suppression Effectiveness under Ongoing Global Change (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Health and Environmental Equity Challenges Due to Biogeochemical Cycle Disruptions (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- The Impact of Air Pollution on Ecosystem Safety, Human Health, and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Building Sustainable Urban Space: A Sustainability Approach (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Beyond Technical Aspects: Food Safety/Security from Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Combined Environmental Exposures/ Chemical Mixtures (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Urban Green Spaces (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Addressing Disability Inequities: Environments, Society and Wellbeing (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Water, Health, and Environment (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Connection between Environmental Exposure and Health Effects (Deadline: 10 August 2023)
- Hygiene and Environmental Health: Strategies and Actions Plans to Prevent the Public Health Hazards (Deadline: 10 August 2023)
- Enabling Emerging Technologies into Green and Sustainable Development of Environment (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
- Mechanisms of Environmental Diseases: Genomics, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- 3rd Edition: Human Biomonitoring of Environmental and Occupational Exposures (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Ecology, Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Control of Vectors and Vector-Borne Pathogens in Temperate Regions (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Urban Environmental Quality and Its Health Impacts (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Advances in Air Pollution Meteorology Research (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Nitrogen Cycle and Soil Remediation (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Health Care and Community Engagement in the Outdoor Context (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Human Ecology, the Environment and Physical Activity: Contemporary Methodologies and Promotion Strategies (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring and Measurements: Radon (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Environmental Exposures and the Effects on Human Health (Deadline: 1 September 2023)
- Living in a Chemical World: Environmental Exposures and Health (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Clinical, Toxicological and Environmental Aspects of Maternal and Child Health in the Light of Gender and Age Differences (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Geographic and Environmental Perspectives on Population Health (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Sustainable Development of Key Areas for Human Wellbeing (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Climate Change and Medical Responses (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Community Health, Social, and Ecological Impacts of Mine-Waste Exposures (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Forest Therapy and Health (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Fulfilling the Objectives and Goals of Sustainable Development, 2030 Agenda: Hunger and Food Security, Health, Sustainable Education, Economic Growth, and Climate Change (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- An Integrative Approach to Medical Geology and Environmental Health: Practical Applications and Challenges (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Risk Characterization of Environmental/Human Health (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Sex- and Gender-Related Differences in Early-Life Environmental Exposures, Susceptibilities, and Mechanistic Insights into Diseases throughout Life (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Allergic Diseases in Adulthood: Burden, Mechanisms and Risk Factors (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Environmental Behavior and Ecological Effects of Emerging Pollutants (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Impact of Tourism on the Environment (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Research on Environmental Exposure, Pollution, and Epidemiology (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Environmental Exposure Science and Human Health (Deadline: 1 October 2023)
- A Means of Promoting the Health Benefits Derived from the Forest Environment to the General Public (Deadline: 1 October 2023)
- New Challenges in Human-Animal-Environment Interactions (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Air Pollution Reduction to Improve Health Outcomes (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Second Edition of Research about Risk Perception in the Environmental Health Domain (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Advances in the Field of Wastewater Treatment and Reuse (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Healthy Farming and Environmental Pollution (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Restorative Environments and Safety at Work (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Environment and Food: Levels, Sources, and Human Health Risk (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Persistent Toxic Substances and Public Health (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Socio-Environmental Health and Risk Perception (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Environmental Injustice and COVID-19: Challenges and Recommendations (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- The Impact of Exposure to Environmental Toxic Chemicals on Human Health: Integration of Epidemiological and Toxicological Evidence (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- 2nd Edition of Drone Noise: Emission, Modelling and Community Noise Impact (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Data Science for Pro-environmental Behavior and Environmental Health Research (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Carbon Footprint and the Environment (Deadline: 1 December 2023)
- Effects of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Human Health (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and COVID-19 (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Food Chemistry and Contaminants: Bridging the Gap between Sustainability, Environmental, and Public Health (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Recent Advances in Research on Air Pollution and Health Effects (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Health Impact Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Environmental Health in Latin America and the Caribbean (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Research on Bioaccumulation and Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Heat Zone and Disease Incidence (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Recent Research in Highly Hazardous Pesticides, and Health Risk Assessment (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Contamination in Water, Soil and Sediment: Focus on Genetic Mechanisms, Risk Assessment and Health Effect (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Advances in the Understanding of the Significance of Environmental Human-Made Electromagnetic Energy (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Micro- and Nanoparticles: Environmental Pollution and Human Health Implications (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- State-of-the-Art of Infectious Diseases and Public Health (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Human-Centered Approach in City Regeneration (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Groundwater Quality and Contamination Remediation in Urbanized Area (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Interactions between Health, Environment and Economic Development (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Green Economic Development (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- The Environment and Sustainable Travel Behavior (Deadline: 15 January 2024)
- Progress in Indoor Environmental Quality in the Built Environment (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Advanced Studies in Microplastic Pollution (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- 2nd Edition of Health, Wellbeing and Performance in Natural Environments (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development of Urban (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Nature and Children: Implications for Health Research and Cognitive Development (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Innovations in Environmental Technologies for Better Health (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Advanced Studies in Environmental Toxicology and Health Effects in a “One Health” Perspective (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Implications of Exercise in Polluted Air on Health and Physical Performance (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Respiratory Health Effects of Environmental and Occupational Exposures (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- The Impact of Green Spaces Exposure on Human Health (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- Environmental Risks in Travel Behavior (Deadline: 16 February 2024)
- The Impacts of Green Space on Environmental and Human Well-Being (Deadline: 28 February 2024)
- Urban Land Utilisation and Disaster Resilience (Deadline: 28 February 2024)
- The Role of Environmental Aspects in the Maintenance of Human Health (Deadline: 20 March 2024)
- Healthy and Resilient Cities: Urban Spatial Planning, Design and Governance (Deadline: 30 March 2024)
- The Socio-Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining in Latin America (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- 2nd Edition: Mental Health and Disaster: Response, Recovery, and Preparedness for the Future (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Perinatal Environmental Health Promotion (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Heavy Metal Exposure Risks for Children in the Soil-Dust-Plant Environment (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Occurrence and Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Feature Papers in Environmental Exposure and Toxicology (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Aerosols: A Challenge in Environmental Health (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
