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Antonio Ponce de Leon

Researcher at Rio de Janeiro State University

Publications -  114
Citations -  3473

Antonio Ponce de Leon is an academic researcher from Rio de Janeiro State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 109 publications receiving 2798 citations. Previous affiliations of Antonio Ponce de Leon include Karolinska Institutet & University of Warwick.

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Leprosy among patient contacts: a multilevel study of risk factors.

TL;DR: Biological and social factors appear to be associated with leprosy among co-prevalent cases, whereas the factors related to the infectious load and proximity with the index case were associated withLeprosy that appeared in the incident cases during follow-up.
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Air Pollution and Deaths among Elderly Residents of São Paulo, Brazil : An Analysis of Mortality Displacement

TL;DR: Evidence of mortality displacement within 30 days for nonaccidental and circulatory deaths in elderly residents of São Paulo is found and cumulative effect estimates for 0–30 days were essentially zero, but remained elevated for respiratory and cancer deaths.
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Neighborhood socioeconomic context, individual income and myocardial infarction

TL;DR: In this article, the incidence of myocardial infarction varies among socioeconomic groups, and geographic differences in incidence rates are observed within most urban regions, whether spatial social differentiation gives rise to social contexts detrimental to health is still an open question.
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The individual and contextual pathways between oral health and income inequality in Brazilian adolescents and adults.

TL;DR: Higher levels of income inequality at the municipal level were associated with worse oral health and there was an unexplained residual effect after controlling for potential confoundings and mediators.