Dr. Burger with a Striped BassBurger, J., K. Staine, and M. Gochfeld. 1993. Fishing in contaminated waters: knowledge and risk perception of hazards of fishermen in New York City. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 39:95‑105.

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 1996. Fish advisories: useful or difficult to interpret? Risk: Health, Safety & Environ. 7:23‑33.

May, H. and J. Burger. 1996. Fishing in a polluted estuary: fishing behavior, fish, consumption, and risk. Risk Anal. 16:459‑471.

Burger, J. 1997. Recreation and risk: Potential exposure. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 52:269‑284.

Burger, J. 1998. Attitudes about recreation, environmental problems, and estuarine health along the NJ shore. Environ. Manage. 2:869‑876.

Burger, T. 1998. Fishing and risk along the Savannah River: possible intervention. J. Toxic. Environ. Health 55:405‑419.

Burger, J. 1999. Recreation, consumption of wild game, risk, and the Department of Energy sites: perceptions of people attending the Lewiston (Idaho) "Roundup." J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 56:221‑234.

Burger, J., K. K. Pflugh, L. Lurig, L. A. vonHagen, and S. vonHagen. 1999. Fishing in Urban New Jersey:

Tuna v2Ethnicity Affects Information Sources, Perception, and Compliance. Risk Anal. 19:217‑229.

Burger, J, W. Stephens, C.S. Boring, M. Kuklinski, J. W. Gibbons and M. Gochfeld. 1999. Ethnicity and Risk: Fishing and Consumption in People Fishing along the Savannah River. Risk Anal. 19:427‑438.

Pflugh, K. K., L. Lurig, L. A. vonHagen, S. vonHagen and J. Burger. 1999. Urban angler's perceptions of risk from contaminated fish. Science Total Environ. 228: 203‑218.

Burger, J. 1999. American Indians, Hunting and fishing rates, risk and INEEL. Environ. Res. 80:317‑329.

Burger, J. 2000. Gender Differences in Meal Patterns: Role of Self‑caught Fish and Wild Game in Meat and Fish Diets. Environ. Res. 83:140‑149.

Burger, J. 2000. Consumption advisories and compliance: the case of the fishing public and the deamplification of risk. J. Environ. Planning and Manage. 43:471‑488.

Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, C. W. Powers. L. Waishwell, C. Warren and B. D. Goldstein. 2000. Science, policy, stakeholders, and fish consumption advisories: developing a fish fact sheet for the Savannah River. Environ. Manage. 27:501‑514.

Burger, J., K. F. Gaines, W.L. Stephens, S. Boring, I.L. Brisbin, Jr., J.Snodgrass, J. Peles, L. Bryan, M.H.S. Smith, and M. Gochfeld. 2001. Radiocesium in fish from the Savannah River and Steel Creek. Risk Anal. 21:545-559.

Stern, A., Gochfeld, M., Weisel, C., Burger, J. 2001. Mercury and methylmercury exposure in the New Jersey pregnant population. Achiv. Environ. Health 56:4‑10.

Burger, J., L. Waishwell, 2001. Are We Reaching the Target Audience? Sci Total Environ. 277:77-86.

Burger, J., K.F. Gaines, C. S. Boring, W. L. Stevens, Jr.,  J. Snodgrass, and M. Gochfeld. 2001. Mercury and Selenium in Fish from the Savannah River: Species, Trophic Level, and Location Differences. Environ. Res. Section 87: 108-118.   

Burger J., Karen Gaines, M. Gochfeld. 2001. Ethnic Differences in Risk from Mercury among Savannah River Fisherman. Risk Anal. 21:533-544.

Burger, J., S. Boring, C. Dixon, C. Lord, M. McMahon, R. Ramos, S. Shukla, and M. Gochfeld. 2002. 

Exposure of South Carolinians to commercial meats and fish within their meat and fish diet.  Sci. Total Environ. 287:71-81.

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld.  2002. The Role of Wild Game in the Diet of Recreationists in South Carolina.  J. Environ. Planning and Manage. 45:103-128.

Burger, J. 2002. Consumption Patterns and Why People Fish. Environ. Res. 90:125-135.

Campbell, K. R., R. J. Dickey, R. Sexton, J. Burger. 2002. Fishing Along the Clinch River of Watts Bar Reservoir Adjacent to the Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee: Behavior, Knowledge and Risk Perception. Sci. Total Environ. 299:145-161.

Burger, J., C. Dixon, and C.S.Boring. 2003. Effect of Deep-Frying fish on Risk from Mercury.  J Toxicol. Environ. Health 66:817-828.

Burger, J., J. Fleischer, and M. Gochfeld. 2003. Fish, shellfish, and meat meals of the public in Singapore. Environ. Res. 92:3:254-261.

Burger, J. M. H. McDermott, C. Chess, E. Bochenek, M. Perez-Lugo, and K. K. Pflugh. 2003. Evaluating Risk Communication about Fish Consumption Advisories: Efficacy of a Brochure versus a Classroom Lesson in Spanish and English. Risk Anal. 23:4:791‑803.

Burger, J. 2004. Fish Consumption Advisories: Knowledge Compliance: Why People Fish in an Urban Environment. J. Risk 7:463-479.

Burger, J and M. Gochfeld. 2004. Mercury in Canned Tuna:  Temporal Trends. Environ. Res. 96:239-249.                               

Burger, J and K. R. Campbell. 2004. Species differences in contaminants in fish on and adjacent to Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee. Environ. Res. 96:145-155.

Burger, J. A. H. Stern, C. Dixon, C. Jeitner, S. Shukla, S. Burke and M. Gochfeld. 2004.  Fish availability in supermarkets & fish markets in New Jersey. Sci. Total Environ. 333: 89-97.

Burger, J. and K.R. Campbell. 2004. Species differences in contaminants in fish on and adjacent to the Oak Ridge Reservations, Tennessee. Environ. Res. 96:145-155.

Burger, J.  A. Stern and M. Gochfeld. 2005. Mercury in Commercial Fish:  Optimizing Individual Choices to Reduce Risk.  Environ. Health Perspectives 113: 266-271. 

Gochfeld, M. and J. Burger. 2005. Good Fish/Bad Fish:  A Composite Benefit-Risk by Dose Curve.  Neurotoxicology 26:511-520.

Burger, J. 2005. Fishing, fish consumption, and knowledge about advisories in college student and others in central New Jersey. Env. Res. 98: 268-275.

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 2005. Heavy metals in commercial fish in New Jersey.  Env. Res. 99:403-412.

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 2005. The Peconic River: Concerns Associated with Different Risk Evaluations for Fish Consumption. J. Environ. Planning and Manage. 48: 789-808.

Chess, C., Burger, J., and M.H. Hughes. 2005.  Speaking Like a State: Environmental Justice and Fish Consumption Advisories. Society and Natural Resources, 18:267-278.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Burke, S., Jeitner, C., Jewett, S. Snigaroff, D., Snigaroff, R., Stamm, T., Harper, S., Hoberg, M., Chenelot, H., Patrick, R., Volz, C. and J. Weston. 2006. Do Scientists and fisherman collect the same fish? Possible implications for exposure assessment. Env. Res. 101: 34-41.

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 2006. A framework and information needs for the management of the risks from consumption of self-caught fish.  Environ. Res. 101: 275-285.

Burger, J. and Gochfeld, M. 2006. Mercury in fish available in supermarkets in Illinois: Are there regional differences. Sci. Total Environ. 367: 1010-1016.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Jeitner, C., Burke, S., Stamm, T. 2007. Metal levels in flathead sole (Hippoglossiodes elassodon) and great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus) from Adak Island, Alaska Potential risk to predators and fisherman. Environ. Res. 103: 62-69.

Burger, J. Gochfeld, M. 2007.  Risk to consumers from mercury in Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) from the Aleutians: Fish age and size effects.  Environmental Research 105: 276-284.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Jeitner, C., Burke, S., Stamm, T., Snigaroff, R., Snigaroff, D., Patrick, R., Weston, J. (2007).  Mercury levels and potential risk from subsistence foods from the Aleutians.  Science of the Total Environment  384: 93-105

Burger, J. 2008.  Perceptions as Indicators of Potential Risk from Fish Consumption and Health of Fish Populations.  Environmental Bioindicators 3: 90-105.

Burger, J., Shukla, S., Fitzgerald, M., Flores, S., Chess, C. 2008.   Fish consumption efficacy among fishermen of a brochure developed for pregnant women.  Journal of Risk Research.  11:  891-904 

Schneider, L., Belger, L., Burger, J., Vogt, R.C. 2009.  Mercury bioaccumulation in four tissues of Podocnemis erythrocephala (Podocnemididae:  Testudine) as a function of water parameters.  Science of the Total Environment. 407(3): 1048-1054.

Burger, Joanna. 2009. Perceptions of the risks and benefits of fish consumption: individual choices to reduce risk and increase health benefits. Environmental Research. 109(3): 343-349.

Siriwong, W., Thirakhupt, K., Sitticharoenchai,D., Borjan, M., Keithmaleesatti, S., Burger, J., and M. Robson. 2009. Risk Assessment for Dermal Exposure of organochlorine pesticides for local fishermen in the Rangsit Agricultural area, central Thailand. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 15(3): 636-646. 

Burger, J. 2009. Risk to consumers from mercury in Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) from New Jersey: Size, Season, and Geographical effects. Environmental Research. 109(7): 803-811.

Burger, J., Jeitner, C., Donio, M., Shukla, S., & Gochfeld, M. 2009. Factors affecting mercury and selenium levels in New Jersey flatfish: Low risk to human consumers. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A: Current Issues, 72(13-14): 853-860.

Lowenstein, J., Burger, J., Jeitner, C., Amato, G., Kolokotronis, S., and M. Gochfeld. 2010. DNA barcodes reveal species-specific mercury levels in tuna sushi that pose a health risk to consumers. Biol. Lett. 6(5): 692-695.

Hardell, S., Tilander, H. Welfinger-Smith, G., Burger, J. and D. Carpenter. 2010. Levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and three Organochlorine Pesticides in Fish from the Aleutian islands of Alaska. PLoS ONE 5(8): e12396

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 2011. Mercury and Selenium in 19 species of saltwater fish from New Jersey as a function of species, size, and season. Sci. of the Total Environ. 409:1418-1429.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., and C. Jeitner. 2011. Locational differences in mercury and selenium levels in 19 species of saltwater fish from New Jersey. J Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A. 74(13):863-874.

Burger, J. and M. Gochfeld. 2012.  Selenium and mercury ratios in saltwater fish from New Jersey: individual and species variations complicate possible use in human health consumption advisories. Environmental Research 114: 12-23.

Burger, J. (2012) Selenium: mercury molar ratios in fish from the Savannah River: Implications for risk management.  Journal of Risk Research. 1-18.

Gochfeld, M., Burger, J., Jeitner, C., Donio, M., and T. Pittfield. 2012. Seasonal, locational and size variations in mercury and selenium levels in Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) from New Jersey. Environmental Research 112:8-19.

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Jeitner, C., Donio, M., and T. Pittfield. 2012. Selenium:Mercury Molar Ratios in Freshwater Fish from Tennessee: Individual, Species, and Geographical Variations have Implications for Management. EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0761-y

Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Jeitner, C., Donio, M., and T. Pittfield.2012. Individual and species variation in selenium: mercury molar ratios in cold, saltwater fish from the Aleutians: Potential protection of selenium on mercury toxicity. Sciences of the Total Environment 431: 46-56.