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Table 6 Top ten cited articles on water-related diseases (1980–2015) [6, 7, 9, 2127]

From: Drinking and recreational water-related diseases: a bibliometric analysis (1980–2015)

Rank

Authors

Title

Year

Source title

Number of citations

1st

Smith et al [26]

Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: A public health emergency

2000

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

919

2nd

Smith et al [25]

Marked increase in bladder and lung cancer mortality in a region of northern Chile due to arsenic in drinking water

1998

American Journal of Epidemiology

495

3rd

Curriero et al [22]

The association between extreme precipitation and waterborne disease outbreaks in the United States, 1948–1994

2001

American Journal of Public Health

425

4th

Martyn et al [23]

Geographical relation between Alzheimer’s disease and aluminium in drinking water

1989

Lancet

403

5th

Bowie et al [9]

Outbreak of toxoplasmosis associated with municipal drinking water

1997

Lancet

366

6th

Cabelli et al [21]

Swimming-associated gastroenteritis and water quality

1982

American Journal of Epidemiology

279

7th

Morales et al [6]

Risk of internal cancers from arsenic in drinking water

2000

Environmental Health Perspectives

278

8th

Prüss [24]

Review of epidemiological studies on health effects from exposure to recreational water

1998

International Journal of Epidemiology

275

9th

Ward et al [27]

Workgroup report: Drinking-water nitrate and health - Recent findings and research needs

2005

Environmental Health Perspectives

268

10th

Waller et al [7]

Trihalomethanes in drinking water and spontaneous abortion

1998

Epidemiology

267