這本雜志是環境研究的A部分。B部分發表為《生態毒理學與環境安全》。環境研究:一份環境醫學和環境科學雜志發表了關于環境因子對人類和動物的毒性影響的研究的原始報告。該雜志的主要目的是確定環境誘發疾病的病因，并增進對環境因素引起疾病的機制的了解。

This journal is Section A of Environmental Research. Section B is published as Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. Environmental Research: A Journal of Environmental Medicine and the Environmental Sciences publishes original reports describing studies of the toxic effects of environmental agents on humans and animals. The principal aims of the journal are to define the etiology of environmentally induced illness and to increase understanding of the mechanisms by which environmental agents cause disease.