Mary H. Ward

19.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
266 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Mary H. Ward is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary H. Ward has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 56 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 38 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Mary H. Ward's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (66 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (37 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (35 papers). Mary H. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (66 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (37 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (35 papers). Mary H. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Mary H. Ward's co-authors include Shelia Hoar Zahm, Rena R. Jones, Bernard T. Nolan, Peter J. Weyer, Jean D. Brender, Kenneth P. Cantor, John R. Nuckols, Rashmi Sinha, Joanne S. Colt and Briseis Aschebrook‐Kilfoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Mary H. Ward

258 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Drinking Water Nitrate and Human Health: An Updated Review

2018 985 citations Mary H. Ward, Rena R. Jones et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →
Workgroup Report: Drinking-Water Nitrate and Health—Recent Findings and Research Needs

2005 662 citations Mary H. Ward et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →
International patterns and trends in thyroid cancer incidence, 1973–2002

2008 550 citations Mary H. Ward, Andreas Sjödin et al. profile →

Peers

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Habibul Ahsan United States

Yu Chen China

Jay H. Lubin United States

Debra T. Silverman United States

Manolis Kogevinas Spain

James R. Cerhan United States

Dana Loomis United States

Paolo Vineis Italy

Paul B. Tchounwou United States

A. E. Johnston United Kingdom

Habibul Ahsan United States

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7.5k ×2.2

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1.2k ×0.5

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2.2k ×1.5

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444 ×0.3

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1.7k ×1.2

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary H. Ward

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fisher, Jared A., Abigail Flory, Barry I. Graubard, et al.. (2025). Nationwide sociodemographic patterns in airborne exposure to probable carcinogens from industrial sources. The Science of The Total Environment. 986. 179674–179674. 1 indexed citations

Madrigal, Jessica M., Jared A. Fisher, Linda M. Liao, et al.. (2025). Carcinogenic Industrial Air Emissions and Lung Cancer Risk in a Cohort of 440,000 Americans. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(7). 1241–1252.

Madrigal, Jessica M., Robert B. Gunier, Rena R. Jones, et al.. (2024). Residential proximity to agricultural herbicide and fungicide applications and dust levels in homes of California children. Environment International. 192. 109024–109024. 5 indexed citations

Ward, Mary H., et al.. (2024). Modeling variation in mixture effects over space with a Bayesian spatially varying mixture model. Statistics in Medicine. 43(7). 1441–1457. 1 indexed citations

He, Jianrong, Gabriella Tikellis, Ora Paltiel, et al.. (2024). Association of common maternal infections with birth outcomes: a multinational cohort study. Infection. 52(4). 1553–1561. 6 indexed citations

Fisher, Jared A., Danielle N. Medgyesi, Nicole C. Deziel, et al.. (2024). Residential proximity to dioxin-emitting facilities and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Environment International. 188. 108767–108767. 2 indexed citations

Levin, Ronnie, Cristina M. Villanueva, Angie L. Cradock, et al.. (2023). US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles for seven legacy and emerging contaminants. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 34(1). 3–22. 75 indexed citations

Ward, Mary H., Jessica M. Madrigal, Rena R. Jones, et al.. (2023). Glyphosate in house dust and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in California. Environment International. 172. 107777–107777. 10 indexed citations

Boyle, Joseph, Mary H. Ward, James R. Cerhan, Nathaniel Rothman, & David C. Wheeler. (2023). Modeling historic neighborhood deprivation and non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk. Environmental Research. 232. 116361–116361. 5 indexed citations

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Wheeler, David C., et al.. (2023). Neighborhood Deprivation, Indoor Chemical Concentrations, and Spatial Risk for Childhood Leukemia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(4). 3582–3582. 1 indexed citations

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Lerro, Catherine C., Rena R. Jones, Hilde Langseth, et al.. (2018). A nested case-control study of polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, and thyroid cancer in the Janus Serum Bank cohort. Environmental Research. 165. 125–132. 40 indexed citations

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Huang, Huang, Jennifer A. Rusiecki, Nan Zhao, et al.. (2017). Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone, Thyroid Hormones, and Risk of Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Nested Case–Control Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 26(8). 1209–1218. 64 indexed citations

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DellaValle, Curt T., Mark P. Purdue, Mary H. Ward, et al.. (2015). Validity of Expert Assigned Retrospective Estimates of Occupational Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 59(5). 609–15. 4 indexed citations

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Deziel, Nicole C., Mary H. Ward, Erin M. Bell, et al.. (2013). Temporal Variability of Pesticide Concentrations in Homes and Implications for Attenuation Bias in Epidemiologic Studies. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(5). 565–571. 30 indexed citations

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Kirrane, Ellen, Jerry Davis, Thomas J. Luben, et al.. (2012). S-108. Epidemiology. 23. 1–1. 2 indexed citations

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DellaValle, Curt T., David C. Wheeler, Anneclaire De Roos, et al.. (2012). P-226. Epidemiology. 23. 1–1. 1 indexed citations

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Gunier, Robert B., Mary H. Ward, Matthew Airola, et al.. (2011). Determinants of Agricultural Pesticide Concentrations in Carpet Dust. Environmental Health Perspectives. 119(7). 970–976. 111 indexed citations

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Daniel, Carrie R., Amanda J. Cross, Barry I. Graubard, et al.. (2011). Large prospective investigation of meat intake, related mutagens, and risk of renal cell carcinoma. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 95(1). 155–162. 43 indexed citations

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Kelemen, Linda E, James R. Cerhan, Unhee Lim, et al.. (2006). Vegetables, fruit, and antioxidant-related nutrients and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a National Cancer Institute–Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results population-based case-control study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 83(6). 1401–1410. 54 indexed citations

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Ward, Mary H., et al.. (1999). Nutrient intake and gastric cancer in Mexico. International Journal of Cancer. 83(5). 601–605. 81 indexed citations

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