Reviews/ Overviews

• Simbaña-Rivera, K., Endara-Mina, J., Jaramillo-Aguilar, D. S., Mera-Lojano, L., Jimbo-Sotomayor, R., Sánchez, X., Rodríguez-Pérez, M. C., Fuentes Ferrer, M. E., Boada, L. D., (2025), Mapping the global health burden of volcanic exposure: a scoping review approach, Frontiers in Public Health, 13,1658384, 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1658384
• Malandrino, P., Russo, M., Giani, F., Pellegriti, G., Vigneri, P., Belfiore, A., Rizzarelli, E., Vigneri, R., (2020), Increased thyroid cancer incidence in volcanic areas: a role of increased heavy metals in the environment?, International journal of molecular, 21(10), 3425, 10.3390/ijms21103425
• Sierra-Vargas, M. P., Vargas-Domínguez, C., Bobadilla-Lozoya, K., Aztatzi-Aguilar, O. G., (2018), Health impact of volcanic emissions., Volcanoes: Geological and Geophysical Setting, Theoretical Aspects and Numerical Modeling, Applications to Industry and Their Impact on the Human Health, Intech, 263-284, 10.5772/intechopen.73283, Aiello, G.
• Deribe, K., Cano, J., Trueba, M. L., Newport, M. J., Davey, G., (2018), Global epidemiology of podoconiosis: A systematic review, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(3), e0006324, 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006324
• Vigneri, R., Malandrino, P., Giani, F., Russo, M., Vigneri, P., (2017), Heavy metals in the volcanic environment and thyroid cancer, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 457, 73-80, 10.1016/j.mce.2016.10.027
• Cook, A., Weinstein, P., (2011), Volcanic and Geothermal Processes: Health effects, Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, 664-671, 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00157-4
• Duntas, L. H., Doumas, C., (2009), The 'rings of fire' and thyroid cancer, Hormones-International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 8, 249-253, 10.14310/horm.2002.1242
• Davies, T. C., (2008), Environmental health impacts of east African Rift volcanism, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30, 325-338, 10.1007/s10653-008-9168-7
• D'Alessandro, W., (2006), Human fluorosis related to volcanic activity: a review, Environmental Toxicology, 10, 21-30, 10.2495/ETOX060031
• Emri, S., Demir, A., Dogan, M., Akay, H., Bozkurt, B., Carbone, M., Baris, I., (2002), Lung diseases due to environmental exposures to erionite and asbestos in Turkey, Toxicology Letters, 127, 251-7, 10.1016/S0378-4274(01)00507-0
• Price, E. W., Bailey, D., (1984), Environmental factors in the ethology of endemic elephantiasis of the lower legs in tropical Africa, Tropical and Geographical Medicine, 36(1), 1-5

Leaching, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Schiavo, B., Morton-Bermea, O., Meza-Figueroa, D, Angulo-Molina, A, Inguaggiato, C, García-Martínez, R., (2025), Mercury concentrations in volcanic ash from the 2023 eruption of Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico): Environmental contamination and health risk assessment, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 167, 105766, 10.1016/j.jsames.2025.105766
• Zinicovscaia, I., Chernyagina, O., Chaligava, O., Grozdov, D., Fedorenko, M., Kapralov, M., (2024), Can metals and radionuclides in Shiveluch (Kamchatka) volcanic ash affect human health?, Journal of Environmental Management, 365, 121616, 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121616

Toxicological

• Sauzéat, L., Moreira, M., Holota, H., Beaudoin, C., Volle, D. H., (2025), Unveiling the hidden impact of long-term metal-rich volcanic pollution on male reproductive functions using isotope metallomics , Environment International, 198, 109388, 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109388
• Giani, F., Masto, R., Trovato, M. A., Franco, A., Pandini, G., Vigneri, R., (2021), Thyroid stem cells but not differentiated thyrocytes are sensitive to slightly increased concentrations of heavy metals, Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12, 383, 10.3389/fendo.2021.652675
• Navarro-Sempere, A., Segovia, Y., Rodrigues, A., Garcia, P. V., Camarinho, R., Garcia, M., (2021), First record on mercury accumulation in mice brain living in active volcanic environments: a cytochemical approach, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 43, 171–183, 10.1007/s10653-020-00690-4
• Navarro, A., Garcia, M., Rodrigues, A., Garcia, P., Camarinho, R., Segovia, Y., (2020), Reactive astrogliosis in the dentate gyrus of mice exposed to active volcanic environments, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 84(5), 213-226, 10.1080/15287394.2020.1850381
• Giani, F., Pandini, G., Scalisi, N. M., Vigneri, P., Fazzari, C., Malandrino, P., Russo, M., Masucci, R., Belfiore, A., Pellegriti, G., Vigneri, R., (2019), Effect of low-dose tungsten on human thyroid stem/precursor cells and their progeny, Endocrine-Related Cancer, 26(8), 713-725, 10.1530/ERC-19-0176
• Tesone, A. I., Vitar, R. M. L., Tau, J., Maglione, G. A., Llesuy, S., Tasat, D. R., Berra, A., (2018), Volcanic ash from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex and Calbuco promote a differential response of pro-inflammatory and oxidative stress mediators on human conjunctival epithelial cells, Environmental Research, 167, 87-97, 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.013
• Price, E. W., Henderson, W. J., (1978), The elemental content of lymphatic tissues of barefooted people in Ethiopia, with reference to endemic elephantiasis of the lower legs, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 72(2), 132-136, 10.1016/0035-9203(78)90048-2

Leaching, Physicochemical or geochemical, Toxicological

• Schiavo, B., Meza-Figueroa, D, Morton-Bermea, O., Angulo-Molina, A, González-Grijalva, B, Armienta, M. A., Inguaggiato, C, Berrellez-Reyes, F, Valera-Fernández, D, (2024), Metal(loid) bioaccessibility and risk assessment of ashfall deposit from Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 46(9), 354, 10.1007/s10653-024-02135-8

Physicochemical or geochemical, Toxicological

• Sauzéat, L., Eychenne, J., Gurioli, L., Boyet, M., Jessop, D. E., Moretti, R., Monrose, M., Holota, H., Beaudoin, C., Volle, D. H., (2022), Metallome deregulation and health-related impacts due to long-term exposure to recent volcanic ash deposits: New chemical and isotopic insights, Science of the Total Environment, 289, 154383, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154383
• Le Blond, J. S., Baxter, P. J., Bello, D., Raftis, J., Molla, Y. B., Cuadros, J., Davey, G., (2017), Haemolytic activity of soil from areas of varying podoconiosis endemicity in Ethiopia, PLOS ONE, 12(5), e0177219, 10.1371/journal.pone.0177219

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Webb, E., Elmansouri, A., Ross, R., Clynes, M., Tangis, J., Stewart, C., Dennison, E., (2021), Ecological study of fractures in paediatric Melanesian communities with varying endemic environmental fluoride exposure, Osteology, 1(3), 132-140, 10.3390/ osteology1030014
• Malandrino, P., Russo, M., Ronchi, A., Minoia, C., Cataldo, D., Regalbuto, C., Giordano, C., Attard, M., Squatrito, S, Trimarchi, F., Vigneri, R., (2015), Increased thyroid cancer incidence in a basaltic volcanic area is associated with non–anthropogenic pollution and biocontamination, Endocrine, 53, 471–479, 10.1007/s12020-015-0761-0
• Kadir, S., Onen-Hall, A. P., Aydin, S. N., Yakicier, C., Akarsu, N., Tuncer, M., (2008), Environmental effect and genetic influence: a regional cancer predisposition survey in the Zonguldak region of Northwest Turkey, Environmental Geology, 54, 391-409, 10.1007/s00254-007-0826-3

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance

• Kushnick, G., Behie, A., Zuska, F., (2021), Pregnancy outcomes among evacuees of the Sinabung volcano, 2010–2018 (North Sumatra, Indonesia): A matched cohort study, American Journal of Human Biology, 34(2), e23628, 10.1002/ajhb.23628
• Malandrino, P., Russo, M., Ronchi, A., Moretti, F., Giani, F., Vigneri, P., Masucci, R., Pellegriti, G., Belfiore, A., Vigneri, R., (2020), Concentration of metals and trace elements in the normal human and rat thyroid: comparison with muscle and adipose tissue and volcanic versus control areas, Thyroid, 30(2), 290-299, 10.1089/thy.2019.0244
• Mueller, W., Cowie, H. A., Horwell, C. J., Baxter, P. J., McElvenny, D., Booth, M., Cullinan, P., Jarvis, D., Ugarte, C., Inoue, H., (2020), Standardised epidemiological protocols for populations affected by volcanic eruptions, Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, 98(5), 362–364, 10.2471/BLT.19.244509
• Tavarelli, M., Malandrino, P., Vigneri, P., Richiusa, P., Maniglia, A., Violi, M. A., Sapuppo, G., Vella, V., Dardanoni, G., Vigneri, R., Pellegriti, G., (2017), Anaplastic thyroid cancer in Sicily: The role of environmental characteristics, Frontiers in Endocrinology, 8, 277, 10.3389/fendo.2017.00277
• Russo, M., Malandrino, P., Moleti, M., D' Angelo, A., Tavarelli, M., Sapuppo, G., Giani, F., Richiusa, P., Squatrito, S, Vigneri, R., Pellegriti, G., (2017), Thyroid cancer in the pediatric age in Sicily: Influence of the volcanic environment, Anticancer Research, 37(3), 1515-1522
• Kihembo, C., Masiira, B., Lali, W. Z., Matwale, G. K., Matovu, J. K. B., Kaharuza, F., Ario, A. R., Nabukenya, I., Makumbi, I., Musenero, M., Ping Zhu, B., Nanyunja, M., (2017), Risk factors for podoconiosis: Kamwenge, Uganda, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 96(6), 1490–1496, 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0932
• Pope, K., So, Y. T., Crane, J., Bates, M. N., (2017), Ambient geothermal hydrogen sulfide exposure and peripheral neuropathy, Neurotoxicology, 60, 10-15, 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.02.006
• Balsa, A. I., Caffera, M., Bloomfield, J., (2016), Exposures to particulate matter from the eruptions of the Puyehue volcano and birth outcomes in Montevideo, Uruguay, Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(11), 1816-1822, 10.1289/EHP235
• Russo, M., Malandrino, P., Addario, W. P., Dardanoni, G., Vigneri, P., Pellegriti, G., Squatrito, S, Vigneri, R., (2015), Several site-specific cancers are increased in the volcanic area in Sicily, Anticancer Research, 35(7), 3995-4001
• Reed, B. R., Crane, J., Garrett, N., Woods, D. L., Bates, M. N., (2014), Chronic ambient hydrogen sulfide exposure and cognitive function, Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 42, 68-76, 10.1016/j.ntt.2014.02.002
• Malandrino, P., Scollo, C., Marturano, I., Russo, M., Tavarelli, M., Attard, M., Richiusa, P., Violi, M. A., Dardanoni, G., Vigneri, R., Pellegriti, G., (2013), Descriptive epidemiology of human thyroid cancer: experience from a regional registry and the “volcanic factor”, Frontiers in Endocrinology, 4, 65, 10.3389/fendo.2013.00065
• Molla, Y. B., Le Blond, J. S., Wardrop, N. A., Baxter, P. J., Atkinson, P. M., Newport, M. J., Davey, G., (2013), Individual correlates of podoconiosis in areas of varying endemicity: a case-control study, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(12), e2554, 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002554
• Biondi, B., Arpaia, D., Montuori, P., Ciancia, G., Ippolito, S., Pettinato, G., Triassi, M., (2012), Under the shadow of Vesuvius: a risk for thyroid cancer?, Thyroid, 22(12), 1296-1297, 10.1089/thy.2012.0002
• Rodrigues, A., Arruda, M., Garcia, P., (2012), Evidence of DNA damage in humans inhabiting a volcanically active environment: A useful tool for biomonitoring, Environmental International, 49, 51-56, 10.1016/j.envint.2012.08.008
• Kristbjornsdottir, A., Rafnsson, V., (2012), Incidence of cancer among residents of high temperature geothermal areas in Iceland: a census based study 1981 to 2010, Environmental Health, 11(1), 73, 10.1186/1476-069X-11-73
• Alemu, G., Tekola Ayele, F., Daniel, T., Ahrens, C., Davey, G., (2011), Burden of podoconiosis in poor rural communities in Guliso woreda, West Ethiopia, PLOS, 5(6), e1184, 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001184
• Addisu, S., El-Metwally, T. H., Davey, G., Worku, Y., Titheradge, M. A., (2010), The role of transforming growth factor-β1 and oxidative stree in podoconiosis pathogenesis, British Journal of Dermatology, 162, 998-1003, 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09652.x
• Dal Maso, L., Franceschi, S., Lise, M., Fusco, M., Tumino, R., Serraino, D., (2010), Re: papillary thyroid cancer incidence in the volcanic area of Sicily, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 102(12), 914- 915, 10.1093/jnci/djq157
• Pelser, C., Dazzi, C., Graubard, B. I., Lauria, C., Vitale, F., Goedert, J. J., (2009), Risk of classic Kaposi sarcoma with residential exposure to volcanic and related soils in Sicily, Annals of Epidemiology, 19(18), 597-601, 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.04.002
• Pellegriti, G., De Vathaire, F., Scollo, C., Attard, M., Giordano, C., Arena, S., Dardanoni, G., Frasca, F., Malandrino, P., Vermiglio, F., Orevitera, D. M. , D’Azzò, G., Trimarchi, F., Vigneri, R., (2009), Papillary thyroid cancer incidence in the volcanic area of Sicily, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 101(22), 1575-1583, 10.1093/jnci/djp354
• Cernigliaro, A., Fano, V., Addario, S. P., Caruso, S., Pennisi, P., Forastiere, F., Perucci, C. A., Comba, P., Scondotto, S., (2006), Mortality and hospital discharges in the population of Biancavilla (Sicily) contaminated by natural fibres, Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, 30, 227-31, Article in Italian with English abstract
• Sempertegui, F., Estrella, B., Vallejo, W., Tapia, L., Herrera, D., Moscoso, F., Ceron, G., Griffiths, J. K., Hamer, D. H., (2003), Selenium serum concentrations in malnourished Ecuadorian children: A case- control study, International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 73, 181-186, 10.1024/0300-9831.73.3.181
• Shinkura, R., Fujiyama, C., Akiba, S., (1999), Relationship between ambient sulfur dioxide levels and neonatal mortality near the Mt. Sakurajima volcano in Japan, Journal of Epidemiology, 9(5), 344-349, 10.2188/jea.9.344
• Surmieda, M. R., Lopez, J. M., Abad-Voila, A, G., Miranda, M. E., Abellanosa, I. P., Sadang, R. A., Magboo, F. P., Zacarias, N. S., Magpantay, R. L., White, F. M., (1992), Surveillance in evacuation camps after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines, CDC Surveillancy Summaries: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report, 41(4), 9-12
• Baxter, P. J., Kapila, M., (1989), Acute health impact of the gas release at Lake Nyos, Cameroon, 1986, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 39, 2-3, 10.1016/0377-0273(89)90064-4
• Bernstein, R. S., Baxter, P. J., Falk, H., Ing, R., Foster, L., Frost, F., (1986), Immediate public health concerns and actions in volcanic eruptions: lessons from the Mount St. Helens eruptions, May 18- October 18, 1980, American Journal of Public Health, 76(suppl), 25-37, 10.2105/AJPH.76.Suppl.25
• Arnbjörnsson, E., Arnbjörnsson, A., Ólafsson, A., (1986), Thyroid cancer incidence in relation to volcanic activity, Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal, 41(1), 36-40, https://doi.org/10.1080/00039896.1986.9935763
• Parshley, P., Kiessling, P. J., Antonius, J. A., Connell, R. S., Miller, S. H., Green, F. H. Y., (1982), Pyroclastic flow injury: Mount St. Helens, May 18, 1980., The American Journal of Surgery, 143(5), 565-568, 10.1016/0002-9610(82)90163-5
• Kung, T. M., Ng, W. L., Gibson, J. B., (1981), Volcanoes and carcinoma of the thyroid: a possible association, Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal, 36(5), 265-267, 10.1080/00039896.1981.10667635
• Price, E. W., (1976), The association of endemic elephantiasis of the lower legs in East Africa with solid derived from volcanic rocks, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicene and Hygene, 70(4), 288-295, 10.1016/0035-9203(76)90078-x

Modelling

• Toulkeridis, T., Seqqat, R., Torres Arias, M., Salazar-Martinez, R., Ortiz-Prado, E., Chunga, S., Vizuete, K., Heredia-R, M., Debut, A., (2021), Volcanic ash as a precursor for SARS-CoV-2 infection among susceptible populations in Ecuador: a satellite imaging and excess mortality-based analysis, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-13, 10.1017/dmp.2021.154

Modelling, Physicochemical or geochemical

• Cooper, J. N., Cooper, A. M., Clausen, B. L., Nick, K. E., (2019), Regional bedrock geochemistry associated with podoconiosis evaluated by multivariate analysis, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 41, 649–665, 10.1007/s10653-018-0158-0

Social research

• Sajow, H. S., Water, T., Hidayat, M., Holroyd, E., (2019), Maternal and reproductive health (MRH) services during the 2013 eruption of Mount Sinabung: A qualitative case study from Indonesia, Global Public Health, 15(2), 247-261, 10.1080/17441692.2019.1657925

Physicochemical or geochemical

• Helama, S., Arppe, L., Uusitalo, J., Holopainen, J., Mäkelä, H. M., Mäkinen, H., Mielikäinen, K., Nöjd, P., Sutinen, R., Taavitsainen, J. P., Timonen, M., (2018), Volcanic dust veils from sixth century tree-ring isotopes linked to reduced irradiance, primary production and human health, Scientific Reports, 8, 1339, 10.1038/s41598-018-19760-w
• Shruti, V. C., Rodríguez-Espinosa, P. F., Martinez-Tavera, E., Hernández-Gonzalez, D., (2018), Metal concentrations in recent ash fall of Popocatepetl volcano 2016, Central Mexico: Is human health at risk?., Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 162, 324-333, 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.06.067
• Lar, U. A., Gusikit, R. B., (2015), Environmental and health impact of potentially harmful elements distribution in the Panyam (Sura) volcanic province, Jos Plateau, Central Nigeria, Environmental Earth Sciences, 74, 1699–1710, 10.1007/s12665-015-4178-0
• Phillips, N. R., Stewart, M., Olsen, G., Hickey, C. W., (2014), Human health risks of geothermally derived metals and other contaminants in wild-caught food, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 77(6), 346-365, 10.1080/15287394.2013.866915
• Molla, Y. B., Wardrop, N. A., Le Blond, J. S., Baxter, P. J., Newport, M. J., Atkinson, P. M., Davey, G., (2013), Modelling environmental factors correlated with podoconiosis: a geospatial study of non-filarial elephantiasis, International Journal of Health Geographics, 13, 24, 10.1186/1476-072X-13-24
• Petrone, P., Giordano, M., Giustino, S., Guarino, F. M., (2011), Enduring fluoride health hazard for the Vesuvius Area population: the case of AD 79 Herculaneum, PLOS ONE, 6(6), e21085, 10.1371/journal.pone.0021085
• Durand, M., Florkowski, C., George, P., Walmsley, T., Weinstein, P., Cole, J., (2004), Elevated trace element output in urine following acute volcanic gas exposure, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 134(1-2), 139-148, 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.01.007
• Robinson, B., Brooks, R. R., Outred, H. A., Kirkman, J. H., (1995), Mercury and arsenic in trout from the Taupo Volcanic Zone and Waikato River, North Island, New Zealand, Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability, 7(1), 27-32, 10.1080/09542299.1995.11083237
• Blanke, J. H., Price, E. W., Rendell, H. M., Terry, J., Townsend, P. D., Wintle, A. G., (1983), Correlations between elephantiasis and thermoluminescence of volcanic soil, Radiation Effects, 73(1-4), 103-113, 10.1080/00337578308220661

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance, Reviews/ Overviews

• Buist, A. S., Bernstein, R. S., Johnson, L. R., Vollmer, W. M., (1986), Evaluation of physical health effects due to volcanic hazards: human studies, American Journal of Public Health, 76(Suppl), 66-75, 10.2105/AJPH.76.Suppl.66