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David A. Leon is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a substantial focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Health, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their recent research publications include significant works such as:

  • "Nitrate and nitrite contamination in drinking water and cancer risk: A systematic review with meta-analysis" (2022, Environmental Research)
  • "COVID-19: a need for real-time monitoring of weekly excess deaths" (2020, The Lancet)
  • "Self-reported health as a predictor of mortality: A cohort study of its relation to other health measurements and observation time" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Mortality among Care Home Residents in England during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study of 4.3 million adults over the age of 65" (2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe)
  • "The Russian invasion of Ukraine and its public health consequences" (2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe)

The scientist's frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

David A. Leon has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, among them:

  • Sofia Malyutina
  • Alexander V. Kudryavtsev
  • Henrik Schirmer
  • Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
  • Sarah Cook

Their research topics cover a range of public health and medical issues, notably:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Best Publications

  • Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5·24 million UK adults.

    Krishnan Bhaskaran;Ian Douglas;Harriet Forbes;Isabel dos-Santos-Silva

  • Birth Weight and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review

    Peter H. Whincup;Samantha J. Kaye;Christopher G. Owen;Rachel Huxley

  • Huge variation in Russian mortality rates 1984-94: artefact, alcohol, or what?

    David A Leon;Laurent Chenet;Vladimir M Shkolnikov;Sergei Zakharov

  • 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

    David A Leon;Hans O Lithell;Denny Vågerö;Ilona Koupilová

  • Relation of size at birth to non-insulin dependent diabetes and insulin concentrations in men aged 50-60 years

    Hans O Lithell;Paul M McKeigue;Lars Berglund;Rawya Mohsen

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

    Angela M. Wood;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S. Butterworth;Peter Willeit

  • Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3·6 million adults in the UK.

    Krishnan Bhaskaran;Isabel dos-Santos-Silva;David A Leon;David A Leon;Ian J Douglas

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • Hypertension In Sub-Saharan Africa A Systematic Review

    Juliet Addo;Liam Smeeth;David A. Leon

  • EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines: Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease

    Philippe Mathurin;Antoine Hadengue;Giovanni Addolorato;Alastair Burt

  • Economic change, crime, and mortality crisis in Russia: regional analysis

    Peder Walberg;Martin McKee;Vladimir Shkolnikov;Laurent Chenet

  • Hazardous alcohol drinking and premature mortality in Russia: a population based case-control study.

    David A Leon;Lyudmila Saburova;Susannah Tomkins;Evgueny Andreev

  • Liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Britain from 1950 to 2002: an analysis of routine data

    David A Leon;Jim McCambridge

  • Failure to realise growth potential in utero and adult obesity in relation to blood pressure in 50 year old Swedish men.

    David A Leon;Ilona Koupilova;Hans O Lithell;Lars Berglund

  • Completeness and usability of ethnicity data in UK-based primary care and hospital databases

    Rohini Mathur;Krishnan Bhaskaran;Nish Chaturvedi;David A. Leon

  • Changes in life expectancy in Russia in the mid-1990s.

    Vladimir Shkolnikov;Martin McKee;David A Leon

  • Parity, age at first childbirth, and risk of ovarian cancer.

    H-O Adami;M Lambe;I Persson;A Ekbom

  • Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population based cohort study

    Attila Sipos;Finn Rasmussen;Glynn Harrison;Per Tynelius

  • Birth weight is inversely associated with incident coronary heart disease and stroke among individuals born in the 1950s: findings from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s prospective cohort study.

    Debbie A. Lawlor;Georgina Ronalds;Heather Clark;George Davey Smith

  • Contributions of risk factors and medical care to cardiovascular mortality trends.

    Majid Ezzati;Ziad Obermeyer;Ioanna Tzoulaki;Bongani M. Mayosi

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov
Vladimir M. Shkolnikov Max Planck Society
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Hans Lithell
Hans Lithell Uppsala University
Martin Bobak
Martin Bobak University College London
Liam Smeeth
Liam Smeeth London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Gill Walt
Gill Walt London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Denny Vågerö
Denny Vågerö Stockholm University
Sally Macintyre
Sally Macintyre MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit

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