Kathleen B. Fedan

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Kathleen B. Fedan is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathleen B. Fedan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Kathleen B. Fedan's work include Occupational exposure and asthma (10 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (7 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (6 papers). Kathleen B. Fedan is often cited by papers focused on Occupational exposure and asthma (10 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (7 papers) and Occupational and environmental lung diseases (6 papers). Kathleen B. Fedan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Israel. Kathleen B. Fedan's co-authors include John Hankinson, John Odencrantz, Kathleen Kreiss, Greg Kullman, Paul Enright, Eduardo J. Simões, Ahmed Gomaa, Richard Kanwal, Nancy Sahakian and Muge Akpinar‐Elci and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Kathleen B. Fedan

16 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Spirometric Reference Values from a Sample of the General U.S. Population

1999 3.4k citations John Hankinson, John Odencrantz et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathleen B. Fedan United States	12	3.1k	1.6k	668	601	330	16	4.1k
David Coultas United States	35	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	714 1.1×	546 0.9×	478 1.4×	74	4.6k
Charlotte Suppli Ulrik Denmark	36	2.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.7×	285 0.4×	474 0.8×	364 1.1×	232	4.6k
Laura Carrozzi Italy	38	2.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	902 1.4×	368 0.6×	195 0.6×	144	4.7k
Isa Cerveri Italy	40	3.6k 1.1×	3.2k 2.0×	320 0.5×	407 0.7×	272 0.8×	110	5.3k
Ewa Niżankowska‐Mogilnicka Poland	23	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	273 0.4×	219 0.4×	317 1.0×	65	4.3k
M D Lebowitz United States	29	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	747 1.1×	370 0.6×	290 0.9×	58	4.1k
Jinping Zheng China	25	5.0k 1.6×	2.6k 1.6×	533 0.8×	308 0.5×	539 1.6×	162	6.4k
Seif O. Shaheen United Kingdom	33	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 1.4×	494 0.7×	688 1.1×	481 1.5×	93	4.7k
Tomas Eagan Norway	31	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	302 0.5×	244 0.4×	282 0.9×	125	3.1k
José Luís López-Campos Spain	34	3.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	262 0.4×	316 0.5×	554 1.7×	330	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kathleen B. Fedan

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16 of 16 papers shown

Fechter-Leggett, Ethan, Kathleen B. Fedan, Jean M. Cox‐Ganser, et al.. (2022). Estimated N95 Respirator Needs for Nonhealthcare Essential Workers in the United States During Communicable Respiratory Infectious Disease Pandemics. Health Security. 20(2). 127–136. 1 indexed citations

Cox‐Ganser, Jean M., Sandra White, Kathleen B. Fedan, et al.. (2020). Spirometric Abnormalities and Lung Function Decline in Current and Former Microwave Popcorn and Current Flavoring Manufacturing Workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 62(6). 412–419. 6 indexed citations

LeBouf, Ryan F., Brie Hawley, Marcia Stanton, et al.. (2020). Exposures and Emissions in Coffee Roasting Facilities and Cafés: Diacetyl, 2,3-Pentanedione, and Other Volatile Organic Compounds. Frontiers in Public Health. 8. 561740–561740. 14 indexed citations

Harvey, R. Reid, Ethan Fechter-Leggett, Rachel L. Bailey, et al.. (2020). The Burden of Respiratory Abnormalities Among Workers at Coffee Roasting and Packaging Facilities. Frontiers in Public Health. 8. 5–5. 12 indexed citations

Fechter-Leggett, Ethan, Sandra White, Kathleen B. Fedan, Jean M. Cox‐Ganser, & Kristin J. Cummings. (2018). Burden of respiratory abnormalities in microwave popcorn and flavouring manufacturing workers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 75(10). 709–715. 9 indexed citations

Casey, Megan, Kathleen B. Fedan, Nicole Edwards, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of high blood pressure and obesity among US coal miners participating in the Enhanced Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 11(8). 541–545. 18 indexed citations

Hawley, Brie, Megan Casey, Jean M. Cox‐Ganser, et al.. (2016). Notes from the Field: Respiratory Symptoms and Skin Irritation Among Hospital Workers Using a New Disinfection Product — Pennsylvania, 2015. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 65(15). 400–401. 5 indexed citations

Halldin, Cara N., Eva Suarthana, Kathleen B. Fedan, et al.. (2013). Increased Respiratory Disease Mortality at a Microwave Popcorn Production Facility with Worker Risk of Bronchiolitis Obliterans. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57935–e57935. 17 indexed citations

Kreiss, Kathleen, Kathleen B. Fedan, Muazzam Nasrullah, et al.. (2011). Longitudinal lung function declines among California flavoring manufacturing workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 55(8). 657–668. 30 indexed citations

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Kanwal, Richard, Greg Kullman, Kathleen B. Fedan, & Kathleen Kreiss. (2011). Occupational Lung Disease Risk and Exposure to Butter-Flavoring Chemicals after Implementation of Controls at a Microwave Popcorn Plant. Public Health Reports. 126(4). 480–494. 33 indexed citations

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Kim, Thomas J., Barbara L. Materna, Kathleen B. Fedan, et al.. (2010). Industry‐wide medical surveillance of California flavor manufacturing workers: Cross‐sectional results. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 53(9). 857–865. 25 indexed citations

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Akpinar‐Elci, Muge, Kathleen B. Fedan, & Paul Enright. (2006). FEV₆as a surrogate for FVC in detecting airways obstruction and restriction in the workplace. European Respiratory Journal. 27(2). 374–377. 41 indexed citations

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Fedan, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2006). Popcorn worker's lung: In vitro exposure to diacetyl, an ingredient in microwave popcorn butter flavoring, increases reactivity to methacholine☆. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 215(1). 17–22. 35 indexed citations

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Kanwal, Richard, Greg Kullman, Chris Piacitelli, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of Flavorings-Related Lung Disease Risk at Six Microwave Popcorn Plants. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 48(2). 149–157. 99 indexed citations

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Kreiss, Kathleen, Ahmed Gomaa, Greg Kullman, et al.. (2002). Clinical Bronchiolitis Obliterans in Workers at a Microwave-Popcorn Plant. New England Journal of Medicine. 347(5). 330–338. 320 indexed citations

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Hankinson, John, John Odencrantz, & Kathleen B. Fedan. (1999). Spirometric Reference Values from a Sample of the General U.S. Population. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(1). 179–187. 3400 indexed citations breakdown →

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