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Stephen Stansfeld is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom, specializing in health professions with a focus on general health, speech and hearing, automotive engineering, toxicology, mutagenesis, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research covers several interconnected fields, including workplace health and well-being, noise effects and management, vehicle noise and vibration control, employment and welfare studies, hearing loss and rehabilitation, occupational health and safety research, and acoustic wave phenomena research.

Stansfeld's recent publications include the following papers:

  • Road traffic noise, noise sensitivity, noise annoyance, psychological and physical health and mortality, 2021, Environmental Health
  • Air quality and mental health: evidence, challenges and future directions, 2023, BJPsych Open
  • The role of aircraft noise annoyance and noise sensitivity in the association between aircraft noise levels and hypertension risk: Results of a pooled analysis from seven European countries, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Chronic illness in childhood and early adolescence: A longitudinal exploration of co-occurring mental illness, 2020, Development and Psychopathology
  • A meta-analysis of the association of aircraft noise at school on children's reading comprehension and psychological health for use in health impact assessment, 2021, Journal of Environmental Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stansfeld include:

  • Charlotte Clark
  • Wolfgang Babisch
  • Ida E H Madsen
  • Jeppe Karl Sørensen
  • Reiner Rugulies

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • Dental Traumatology
  • BMC Public Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • Research Square
  • European Journal of Public Health

Stephen Stansfeld's research integrates environmental health factors with psychological and physiological outcomes, particularly examining the effects of noise exposure in both occupational and community settings.

Best Publications

  • Health inequalities among British civil servants: the Whitehall II study

    M.G. Marmot;S. Stansfeld;C. Patel;F. North

  • Auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health

    Mathias Basner;Wolfgang Babisch;Adrian Davis;Adrian Davis;Mark Brink

  • Contribution of job control and other risk factors to social variations in coronary heart disease incidence

    MG Marmot;H Bosma;H Hemingway;E Brunner

  • Low job control and risk of coronary heart disease in whitehall ii (prospective cohort) study

    Hans Bosma;Michael G Marmot;Harry Hemingway;Amanda C Nicholson

  • Noise pollution: non-auditory effects on health

    Stephen A Stansfeld;Mark P Matheson

  • Aircraft and road traffic noise and children's cognition and health: a cross-national study

    S A Stansfeld;Birgitta Berglund;C Clark;I Lopez-Barrio

  • Work characteristics predict psychiatric disorder: prospective results from the Whitehall II Study.

    S A Stansfeld;R Fuhrer;M J Shipley;M G Marmot

  • Adrenocortical, Autonomic, and Inflammatory Causes of the Metabolic Syndrome Nested Case-Control Study

    E.J. Brunner;H. Hemingway;B.R. Walker;M. Page

  • Effects of chronic job insecurity and change in job security on self reported health, minor psychiatric morbidity, physiological measures, and health related behaviours in British civil servants: the Whitehall II study

    J E Ferrie;M J Shipley;S A Stansfeld;M G Marmot

  • The Relation between Work-related Psychosocial Factors and the Development of Depression

    Bo Netterstrøm;Nicole Conrad;Per Bech;Per Fink

  • Social inequality in coronary risk: central obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Evidence from the Whitehall ii study

    E. J. Brunner;M. G. Marmot;K. Nanchahal;M. J. Shipley

  • Ethnic variations in pathways to and use of specialist mental health services in the UK - Systematic review

    Kamaldeep Bhui;Stephen Stansfeld;Sally Hull;Stefan Priebe

  • The importance of low control at work and home on depression and anxiety: do these effects vary by gender and social class?

    Joan M Griffin;Rebecca Fuhrer;Stephen A Stansfeld;Michael Marmot

  • Noise and health in the urban environment.

    Stephen Stansfeld;Mary Haines;Bernadette Brown

  • Chronic aircraft noise exposure, stress responses, mental health and cognitive performance in school children.

    Mary M. Haines;S. A. Stansfeld;R. F. S. Job;B. Berglund

  • Psychosocial work characteristics and social support as predictors of SF-36 health functioning: the Whitehall II study.

    Stephen Alfred Stansfeld;Hans Bosma;Harry Hemingway;Michael G. Marmot

  • Health effects of anticipation of job change and non-employment: longitudinal data from the Whitehall II study

    Jane E Ferrie;Martin J Shipley;M G Marmot;Stephen Stansfeld

  • Is the SF-36 a valid measure of change in population health? Results from the Whitehall II study

    Harry Hemingway;Mai Stafford;Stephen Stansfeld;Martin Shipley

  • The health effects of major organisational change and job insecurity

    Jane E. Ferrie;Martin J. Shipley;Michael G. Marmot;Stephen Stansfeld

  • Auditory and non-auditory eff ects of noise on health

    Mathias Basner;Wolfgang Babisch;Adrian Davis;Mark Brink

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamaldeep Bhui
Kamaldeep Bhui University of Oxford
Jenny Head
Jenny Head University College London
Michael Marmot
Michael Marmot University College London
Martin J. Shipley
Martin J. Shipley University College London
Robert Booy
Robert Booy University of Sydney
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
John Gallacher
John Gallacher University of Oxford
Jane E. Ferrie
Jane E. Ferrie University College London
Sarah Curtis
Sarah Curtis Durham University
Eric J. Brunner
Eric J. Brunner University College London

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