Career
Leo Habel spent much of his professional career working with public-health data and statistics in New York City. These publications provide examples of his work across several decades, from food-safety research to maternal and infant health.
1953
American Journal of Public Health and the Nation’s Health
Authors: Leon Buchbinder, Walter C. Bartsch, W. A. Cordes, and Leo Habel
This study examined coliform bacteria in ice cream using results from participating laboratories in the United States and Canada. Contemporary reporting identifies Leo, then working in Records and Statistics at the New York City Department of Health, as responsible for the study’s statistical analysis.
1990
Women & Health, Volume 16, Issue 2, pages 41–58
Authors: Leo Habel, Katherine Kaye, Jean Lee
Using New York City birth and infant-death records, this research examined trends in reported maternal drug use during pregnancy and mortality among drug-exposed infants. Leo was affiliated with the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiologic Research at the New York City Department of Health.
1993
The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 123, Issue 1, pages 120–126
Authors: Stephen R. Kandall, Judith Gaines, Leo Habel, George Davidson, Dorothy Jessop
This study examined the relationship between maternal substance use during pregnancy and subsequent sudden infant death syndrome using New York City infant data from 1979–1989.