David A. Leon
Impact in
- Health top 0.05%
- Health disparities and outcomes
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- Birth, Development, and Health
Papers in
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- Birth, Development, and Health 61
- Health 42
- Health disparities and outcomes 41
- Co-authors
- Liam Smeeth (11 shared papers)Vladimir M. Shkolnikov (40 shared papers)Martin McKee (50 shared papers)Krishnan Bhaskaran (4 shared papers)Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva (6 shared papers)Ian Douglas (3 shared papers)Hans Lithell (13 shared papers)Gill Walt (25 shared papers)
- Journals
- International Journal of Epidemiology (19 papers)The Lancet (15 papers)Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (12 papers)PLoS ONE (8 papers)Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (8 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomRussiaNorway
In The Last Decade
David A. Leon
335 papers receiving 18.2k citations
David A. Leon's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 202
- Health 2.6k
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3.8k
- Obstetrics and Gynecology 1.4k
- General Health Professions 2.9k
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1.1k
Countries citing papers authored by David A. Leon
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Fields of papers citing papers by David A. Leon
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside David A. Leon, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1230 |
| 2 | Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 878 |
| 3 | Reduced fetal growth rate and increased risk of death from ischaemic heart disease: cohort study of 15 000 Swedish men and women born 1915-29 Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 657 |
| 4 | Huge variation in Russian mortality rates 1984–94: artefact, alcohol, or what? Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 609 |
| 5 | Relation of size at birth to non-insulin dependent diabetes and insulin concentrations in men aged 50-60 years Hit paper breakdown → | 1996 | 601 |
| 6 | Hypertension In Sub-Saharan Africa Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 489 |
| 7 | 1996 | 365 | |
| 8 | 2006 | 338 | |
| 9 | 1998 | 328 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 327 | |
| 11 | 1998 | 312 | |
| 12 | 2013 | 296 | |
| 13 | 2001 | 280 | |
| 14 | 1994 | 272 | |
| 15 | Nitrate and nitrite contamination in drinking water and cancer risk: A systematic review with meta-analysis Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 252 |
| 16 | 2005 | 250 | |
| 17 | 2015 | 236 | |
| 18 | 2004 | 236 | |
| 19 | 2000 | 193 | |
| 20 | 1998 | 191 |
About David A. Leon
David A. Leon is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, General Health Professions, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 354 papers that have together received 19.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Birth, Development, and Health (61 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (41 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (25 papers), Global Health Care Issues (24 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (20 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (20 papers), Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (15 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health (2.6k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (3.8k citations), Obstetrics and Gynecology (1.4k citations), General Health Professions (2.9k citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.1k citations). David A. Leon has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Russia and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Liam Smeeth, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Martin McKee, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Isabel dos‐Santos‐Silva, Ian Douglas, Hans Lithell, Gill Walt, Debbie A. Lawlor and Martin Bobák. Their work appears in journals such as International Journal of Epidemiology, The Lancet, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, PLoS ONE and Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology.
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