Simon Hales

Simon Hales

University of Otago

H-index: 58

Oceania-New Zealand

About Simon Hales

Simon Hales, With an exceptional h-index of 58 and a recent h-index of 39 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Otago, specializes in the field of Medical and Health Sciences.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Severe weather events and cryptosporidiosis in Aotearoa New Zealand: A case series of space–time clusters

Associations between meteorological factors, air pollution and Legionnaires’ disease in New Zealand: Time series analysis

Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

The potential human health hazard of nitrates in drinking water: a media discourse analysis in a high-income country

Dairy cattle density and temporal patterns of human campylobacteriosis and cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand

Nitrate in drinking water and cancer risk: the biological mechanism, epidemiological evidence and future research

Beyond muddy waters: Three Waters reforms required to future-proof water service delivery and protect public health in Aotearoa New Zealand

Quantifying the nitrate levels in bottled water in New Zealand

Simon Hales Information

University

Position

New Zealand

Citations(all)

50870

Citations(since 2020)

17456

Cited By

12190

hIndex(all)

58

hIndex(since 2020)

39

i10Index(all)

120

i10Index(since 2020)

84

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University of Otago

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Simon Hales Skills & Research Interests

Medical and Health Sciences

Top articles of Simon Hales

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Severe weather events and cryptosporidiosis in Aotearoa New Zealand: A case series of space–time clusters

Epidemiology & Infection

Leah Grout

Simon Hales

Michael G Baker

Nigel French

Nick Wilson

2024/1

Associations between meteorological factors, air pollution and Legionnaires’ disease in New Zealand: Time series analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Frances F Graham

Alice Hyun Min Kim

Michael G Baker

Caroline Fyfe

Simon Hales

2023/3/1

Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

Michael Baker

Nick Wilson

Simon Hales

John Kerr

Adele Broadbent

...

2023/2/9

The potential human health hazard of nitrates in drinking water: a media discourse analysis in a high-income country

Environmental Health

Leah Grout

Tim Chambers

Simon Hales

Marnie Prickett

Michael G Baker

...

2023/1/20

Dairy cattle density and temporal patterns of human campylobacteriosis and cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand

EcoHealth

Leah Grout

Jonathan Marshall

Simon Hales

Michael G Baker

Nigel French

2022/6

Nitrate in drinking water and cancer risk: the biological mechanism, epidemiological evidence and future research

Tim Chambers

Jeroen Douwes

Andrea't Mannetje

Alistair Woodward

Michael Baker

...

2022/3/3

Beyond muddy waters: Three Waters reforms required to future-proof water service delivery and protect public health in Aotearoa New Zealand

The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online)

Tim Chambers

Nick Wilson

Simon Hales

Marnie Prickett

Edward Ellison

...

2022/12/2

Quantifying the nitrate levels in bottled water in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Tim Chambers

Mike Joy

Nick Wilson

Simon Hales

Michael Baker

2022/6/1

Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and efficient

Public Health Expert Briefing

Tim Chambers

Nick Wilson

Simon Hales

Marnie Prickett

Michael Baker

2022/7/22

Improvements to drinking water: monitoring, reporting and record-keeping needed to protect health

Policy Quarterly

Tim Chambers

Simon Hales

Nick Wilson

Michael Baker

2022/5/20

Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs

Public Health Expert Briefing

John Kerr

Nick Wilson

Simon Hales

2022/7/21

Nitrate contamination in drinking water and colorectal cancer: Exposure assessment and estimated health burden in New Zealand

Jayne Richards

Tim Chambers

Simon Hales

Mike Joy

Tanja Radu

...

2022/3/1

Health and air pollution in New Zealand 2016 (HAPINZ 3.0): Volume 1–Finding and implications.

Gerda Kuschel

Jane Metcalf

Jess Berentson-Shaw

Simon Hales

Judith Atkinson

...

2022/7/6

Global Perspective of Legionella Infection in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Frances F Graham

Norah Finn

Paul White

Simon Hales

Michael G Baker

2022/2/8

An Exploration of the Human Health Impacts Associated with Seven Decades of Severe Weather Events in Aotearoa New Zealand: The Need for Better Data

Leah Grout

Simon Hales

Louise Thornley

Nick Wilson

2022/6

Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study

The Lancet Planetary Health

Paul LC Chua

Veronika Huber

Chris Fook Sheng Ng

Xerxes T Seposo

Lina Madaniyazi

...

2021/7/1

Long term exposure to air pollution, mortality and morbidity in New Zealand: cohort study

Science of The Total Environment

Simon Hales

June Atkinson

Jayne Metcalfe

Gerda Kuschel

Alistair Woodward

2021/12/20

Health co-benefits need to be adequately considered in the Climate Change Commission’s final advice

Public Health Expert Briefing

Tim Chambers

Simon Hales

Jude Ball

Michael Baker

Cristina Cleghorn

...

2021/6/21

Correction “Nitrate-nitrite exposure through drinking water and diet and risk of colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies”

Tim Chambers

Simon Hales

Andrew Anglemyer

2021/11/1

Nitrate contamination in drinking water and adverse birth outcomes: emerging evidence is concerning for NZ

Public Health Expert Briefing

Tim Chambers

Nick Wilson

Simon Hales

Michael Baker

2021/5/24

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