# Kurt Straíf

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/kurt-straif/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 44,286 |
| Field | Occupational and environmental lung diseases |
| h-index | 87 |
| i10-index | 212 |
| Last Known Institution | Boston College |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5079199364 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-2406 |
| Works | 448 |

## Researcher papers

- [Key Characteristics of Carcinogens as a Basis for Organizing Data on Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis](https://scholariq.org/papers/key-characteristics-of-carcinogens-as-a-basis-for-organizing-data-on-mechanisms/)
- [Smokeless tobacco and cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/smokeless-tobacco-and-cancer/)
- [Cigarette smoking and lung cancer—relative risk estimates for the major histological types from a pooled analysis of case–control studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/cigarette-smoking-and-lung-cancer-relative-risk-estimates-for-the-major/)
- [Considerations of circadian impact for defining ‘shift work’ in cancer studies: IARC Working Group Report](https://scholariq.org/papers/considerations-of-circadian-impact-for-defining-shift-work-in-cancer-studies/)
- [Alcohol consumption and ethyl carbamate](https://scholariq.org/papers/alcohol-consumption-and-ethyl-carbamate/)
- [Painting, firefighting, and shiftwork](https://scholariq.org/papers/painting-firefighting-and-shiftwork/)
- [WHO Air Quality Guidelines 2021–Aiming for Healthier Air for all: A Joint Statement by Medical, Public Health, Scientific Societies and Patient Representative Organisations](https://scholariq.org/papers/who-air-quality-guidelines-2021-aiming-for-healthier-air-for-all-a-joint/)

## Researcher topics

- [Occupational and environmental lung diseases](https://scholariq.org/topics/occupational-and-environmental-lung-diseases/)
- [Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment](https://scholariq.org/topics/carcinogens-and-genotoxicity-assessment/)
- [Air Quality and Health Impacts](https://scholariq.org/topics/air-quality-and-health-impacts/)
- [Occupational exposure and asthma](https://scholariq.org/topics/occupational-exposure-and-asthma/)
- [Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging](https://scholariq.org/topics/health-environment-cognitive-aging/)

## Researcher university

- [Boston College](https://scholariq.org/institutions/boston-college/)

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