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• 2010

  Lactobacillus rhamnosus hepatic abscess associated with Mirizzi syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

  Chan, J. F. W., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Fan, R. Y. Y., Ip, J. J. K., Chan, C. F., Luk, J. K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2010, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 66, 1, p. 94-97 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Leg length and age of puberty among men and women from a developing population: The guangzhou biobank cohort study

  Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Zhang, W. S., Adab, P., Cheng, K. K. & Leung, G. M., Sept 2010, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 22, 5, p. 683-687 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Leptotrichia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel Leptotrichia species with the oral cavity as its natural reservoir

  Woo, P. C. Y., Wong, S. S. Y., Teng, J. L. L., Leung, K. W., Ngan, A. H. Y., Zhao, D. Q., Tse, H., Lau, S. K. P. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 2010, In: Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B. 11, 6, p. 391-401 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Lichtheimia hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel Lichtheimia spp. associated with rhinocerebral, gastrointestinal, and cutaneous mucormycosis

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Ngan, A. H. Y., Tung, E. T. K., Leung, S. Y., To, K. K. W., Cheng, V. C. C. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 2010, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 66, 3, p. 274-284 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Logistical feasibility and potential benefits of a population-wide passive-immunotherapy program during an influenza pandemic

  Wu, J. T., Lee, C. K., Cowling, B. J. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 16 2010, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107, 7, p. 3269-3274 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Measurement of craniovertebral angle with electronic head posture instrument: Criterion validity

  Lau, H. M. C., Chiu, T. T. W. & Lam, T. H., 2010, In: Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 47, 9, p. 911-918 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  41 Citations (Scopus)

• Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function in the guangzhou biobank cohort study

  Au Yeung, S. L., Jiang, C., Zhang, W., Lam, T. H., Cheng, K. K., Leung, G. M. & Schooling, C. M., Dec 2010, In: Annals of Epidemiology. 20, 12, p. 873-882 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• Multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium associated with freshwater fish-borne gastroenteritis and traveller's diarrhoea

  Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., 2010, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 16, 5 SUPP4, p. 13-14 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Napping is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Lam, K. B. H., Jiang, C. Q., Thomas, G. N., Arora, T., Zhang, W. S., Taheri, S., Adab, P., Lam, T. H. & Cheng, K. K., Mar 1 2010, In: Sleep. 33, 3, p. 402-407 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  96 Citations (Scopus)

• Natural selection retains overrepresented out-of-frame stop codons against frameshift peptides in prokaryotes

  Tse, H., Cai, J. J., Tsoi, H. W., Lam, E. P. T. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 9 2010, In: BMC Genomics. 11, 1, 491.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• Neighbourhood food environment and dietary intakes in adolescents: Sex and perceived family affluence as moderators

  Ho, S. Y., Wong, B. Y. M., Lo, W. S., Mak, K. K., Thomas, G. N. & Lam, T. H., Oct 2010, In: International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. 5, 5, p. 420-427 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  43 Citations (Scopus)

• Obesity, high-sensitive C-reactive protein and snoring in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Lao, X. Q., Neil Thomas, G., Jiang, C. Q., Zhang, W. S., Adab, P., Lam, T. H. & Cheng, K. K., Nov 2010, In: Respiratory Medicine. 104, 11, p. 1750-1756 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Part 4. Interaction between air pollution and respiratory viruses: time-series study of daily mortality and hospital admissions in Hong Kong.

  Wong, C. M., Thach, T. Q., Chau, P. Y. K., Chan, E. K. P., Chung, R. Y. N., Ou, C. Q., Yang, L., Peiris, J. S. M., Thomas, G. N., Lam, T. H., Wong, T. W., Hedley, A. J. & HEI Health Review Committee, H. R. C., Nov 2010, In: Research report (Health Effects Institute). 154, p. 283-362 80 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• Part 5. Public health and air pollution in Asia (PAPA): a combined analysis of four studies of air pollution and mortality.

  Wong, C. M., Vichit-Vadakan, N., Vajanapoom, N., Ostro, B., Thach, T. Q., Chau, P. Y., Chan, E. K., Chung, R. Y., Ou, C. Q., Yang, L., Peiris, J. S., Thomas, G. N., Lam, T. H., Wong, T. W., Hedley, A. J., Kan, H., Chen, B., Zhao, N., London, S. J. & Song, G. & 22 others, Chen, G., Zhang, Y., Jiang, L., Qian, Z., He, Q., Lin, H. M., Kong, L., Zhou, D., Liang, S., Zhu, Z., Liao, D., Liu, W., Bentley, C. M., Dan, J., Wang, B., Yang, N., Xu, S., Gong, J., Wei, H., Sun, H., Qin, Z. & HEI Health Review Committee, H. R. C., Nov 2010, In: Research report (Health Effects Institute). 154, p. 377-418 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  55 Citations (Scopus)

• Passive smoking and tuberculosis

  Leung, C. C., Lam, T. H., Ho, K. S., Yew, W. W., Tam, C. M., Chan, W. M., Law, W. S., Chan, C. K., Chang, K. C. & Au, K. F., Feb 8 2010, In: Archives of Internal Medicine. 170, 3, p. 287-292 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  81 Citations (Scopus)

• Paternal smoking and childhood overweight: Evidence from the Hong Kong "children of 1997"

  Kwok, M. K., Schooling, C. M., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Jul 2010, In: Pediatrics. 126, 1, p. e46-e56

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Pathogenesis of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection and the implication on management

  To, K. K. W., Li, I. W. S., Hung, I. F. N., Cheng, V. C. C. & Yuen, K. Y., 2010, In: Frontiers of Medicine in China. 4, 2, p. 147-156 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Physical activity, adiposity, and diabetes risk in middle-aged and older Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank cohort study

  Qin, L., Corpeleijn, E., Jiang, C., Thomas, G. N., Schooling, C. M., Zhang, W., Cheng, K. K., Leung, G. M., Stolk, R. P. & Lam, T. H., Nov 2010, In: Diabetes Care. 33, 11, p. 2342-2348 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Practical limitations of convalescent plasma collection: A case scenario in pandemic preparation for influenza A (H1N1) infection

  Wong, H. K., Lee, C. K., Hung, I. F. N., Leung, J. N. S., Hong, J., Yuen, K. Y. & Lin, C. K., Sept 2010, In: Transfusion. 50, 9, p. 1967-1971 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Predictors of intention to quit smoking in Hong Kong secondary school children

  Wong, D. C. N., Chan, S. S. C., Ho, S. Y., Fong, D. Y. T. & Lam, T. H., Sept 2010, In: Journal of Public Health. 32, 3, p. 360-371 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Prevention of acute myocardial infarction and stroke among elderly persons by dual pneumococcal and influenza vaccination: A prospective cohort study

  Hung, I. F. N., Leung, A. Y. M., Chu, D. W. S., Leung, D., Cheung, T., Chan, C. K., Lam, C. L. K., Liu, S. H., Chu, N. M., Ho, P. L., Chan, S., Lam, T. H., Liang, R. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 1 2010, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 51, 9, p. 1007-1016 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  128 Citations (Scopus)

• Prevention of nosocomial transmission of swine-origin pandemic influenza virus A/H1N1 by infection control bundle

  Cheng, V. C. C., Tai, J. W. M., Wong, L. M. W., Chan, J. F. W., Li, I. W. S., To, K. K. W., Hung, I. F. N., Chan, K. H., Ho, P. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 2010, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 74, 3, p. 271-277 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  87 Citations (Scopus)

• Prior TB, smoking, and airflow obstruction: A cross-sectional analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Lam, K. B. H., Jiang, C. Q., Jordan, R. E., Miller, M. R., Zhang, W. S., Cheng, K. K., Lam, T. H. & Adab, P., Mar 1 2010, In: Chest. 137, 3, p. 593-600 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  102 Citations (Scopus)

• Q fever: Underdiagnosed in Hong Kong?

  Chan, J. F. W., Tse, H., To, K. K. W., Li, I. W. S., Tang, B. S. F., Cheng, V. C. C. & Yuen, K. Y., Feb 2010, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 16, 1, p. 56-58 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Quasispecies of the D225G substitution in the hemagglutinin of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus from patients with severe disease in Hong Kong, China

  Chen, H., Wen, X., To, K. K. W., Wang, P., Tse, H., Chan, J. F. W., Tsoi, H. W., Fung, K. S. C., Tse, C. W. S., Lee, R. A., Chan, K. H. & Yuen, K. Y., May 15 2010, In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 201, 10, p. 1517-1521 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  92 Citations (Scopus)

• Random exploration of the Laribacter hongkongensis genome

  Woo, P. C. Y., Yuen, K. Y., Lau, S. K. P. & Tse, H., 2010, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 16, 5 SUPP4, p. 15-17 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Rapid diagnosis of multidrug-resistant smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis

  Lau, R. W. T., Ho, P. L., Kao, R. Y. T., Siu, G. K. H., Cheng, V. C. C., Yuen, K. Y. & Yam, W. C., Feb 2010, In: International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 35, 2, p. 202-203 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Resequencing microarray for detection of human adenoviruses in patients with community-acquired gastroenteritis: A proof-of-concept study

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Lee, P., Miao, J., Fung, A. M. Y., Choi, G. K. Y., Ellis-Behnke, R. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2010, In: Journal of Medical Microbiology. 59, 11, p. 1387-1390 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Resequencing microarray for detection of human adenoviruses in patients with conjunctivitis

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Choi, G. K. Y., Fung, H. T., Shek, K. C., Miao, J., Chan, B. Y. L., Ng, K. H. L., Ngan, A. H. Y., Ellis-Behnke, R., Que, T. L., Kam, C. W. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 2010, In: Journal of Clinical Virology. 47, 3, p. 282-285 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Response

  Yuen, K. Y., Aug 1 2010, In: Chest. 138, 2, p. 457-458 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access

• Sequential introduction of single room isolation and hand hygiene campaign in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care unit

  Cheng, V. C. C., Tai, J. W. M., Chan, W. M., Lau, E. H. Y., Chan, J. F. W., To, K. K. W., Li, I. W. S., Ho, P. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 7 2010, In: BMC Infectious Diseases. 10, 263.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  58 Citations (Scopus)

• Short-term association between sulfur dioxide and daily mortality: The Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) study

  the PAPA Project Teams, Apr 1 2010, In: Environmental Research. 110, 3, p. 258-264 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  123 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking and sleep disorders in Chinese adolescents

  Mak, K. K., Ho, S. Y., Thomas, G. N., Lo, W. S., Cheuk, D. K. L., Lai, Y. K. & Lam, T. H., Mar 2010, In: Sleep Medicine. 11, 3, p. 268-273 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  54 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking-cessation and adherence intervention among Chinese patients with erectile dysfunction

  Chan, S. S. C., Leung, D. Y. P., Abdullah, A. S. M., Lo, S. S. T., Yip, A. W. C., Kok, W. M., Ho, S. Y. & Lam, T. H., Sept 2010, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 39, 3, p. 251-258 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Smoking cessation and carotid atherosclerosis: The guangzhou biobank cohort studydCVD

  Jiang, C. Q., Xu, L., Lam, T. H., Lin, J. M., Cheng, K. K. & Thomas, G. N., Nov 2010, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 64, 11, p. 1004-1009 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  35 Citations (Scopus)

• Socio-economic disparities of childhood body mass index in a newly developed population: Evidence from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort

  Schooling, C. M., Yau, C., Cowling, B. J., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Jun 2010, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 95, 6, p. 437-443 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• The discrimination of dyslipidaemia using anthropometric measures in ethnically diverse populations of the Asia-pacific region: The obesity in Asia collaboration

  Barzi, F., Woodward, M., Czernichow, S., Lee, C. M. Y., Kang, J. H., Janus, E., Lear, S., Patel, A., Caterson, I., Patel, J., Lam, T. H., Suriyawongpaisal, P. & Huxley, R., Feb 2010, In: Obesity Reviews. 11, 2, p. 127-136 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• The effect of alcohol drinking on erectile dysfunction in Chinese men

  Lee, A. C. K., Ho, L. M., Yip, A. W. C., Fan, S. & Lam, T. H., Jul 2010, In: International Journal of Impotence Research. 22, 4, p. 272-278 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• The Metabolic syndrome is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis independent of insulin resistance: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD

  Xu, L., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Lin, J. M., Yue, X. J., Cheng, K. K., Liu, B., Jin, Y. L., Zhang, W. S. & Thomas, G. N., Aug 2010, In: Clinical Endocrinology. 73, 2, p. 181-188 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• The natural viral load profile of patients with pandemic 2009 influenza A(H1N1) and the effect of oseltamivir treatment

  Li, I. W., Hung, I. F., To, K. K., Chan, K. H., Wong, S. S. Y., Chan, J. F., Cheng, V. C., Tsang, O. T., Lai, S. T., Lau, Y. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Apr 1 2010, In: Chest. 137, 4, p. 759-768 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  94 Citations (Scopus)

• The short Form-12 health survey was a valid instrument in Chinese adolescents

  Fong, D. Y. T., Lam, C. L. K., Mak, K. K., Lo, W. S., Lai, Y. K., Ho, S. Y. & Lam, T. H., Sept 2010, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 63, 9, p. 1020-1029 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  85 Citations (Scopus)

• The use of waist-to-stature ratio to identify underweight and overweight in adolescents

  Mak, K. K., Ho, S. Y., Lo, W. S., Thomas, N. G., McManus, A. M. & Lam, T. H., Oct 2010, In: International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. 5, 5, p. 390-395 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Three versions of perceived stress scale: Validation in a sample of Chinese cardiac patients who smoke

  Leung, D. Y. P., Lam, T. H. & Chan, S. S. C., 2010, In: BMC Public Health. 10, 513.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  416 Citations (Scopus)

• Validity and cultural equivalence of the standard greene climacteric scale in Hong Kong

  Chen, R. Q., Davis, S. R., Wong, C. M. & Lam, T. H., May 2010, In: Menopause. 17, 3, p. 630-635 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Viral load in patients infected with pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus

  To, K. K. W., Chan, K. H., Li, I. W. S., Tsang, T. Y., Tse, H., Chan, J. F. W., Hung, I. F. N., Lai, S. T., Leung, C. W., Kwan, Y. W., Lau, Y. L., Ng, T. K., Cheng, V. C. C., Peiris, J. S. M. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2010, In: Journal of Medical Virology. 82, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  189 Citations (Scopus)

• Visceral adiposity would be expected to predict incident diabetes better in women than men

  Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C. Q., Zhang, W. S., Lam, T. H., Cheng, K. K. & Leung, G. M., Feb 2010, In: Diabetologia. 53, 2, p. 393-395 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Wild type and mutant 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) viruses cause more severe disease and higher mortality in pregnant BALB/c mice

  Chan, K. H., Zhang, A. J. X., To, K. K. W., Chan, C. C. S., Poon, V. K. M., Guo, K., Ng, F., Zhang, Q. W., Leung, V. H. C., Cheung, A. N. Y., Lau, C. C. Y., Woo, P. C. Y., Tse, H., Wu, W., Chen, H., Zheng, B. J. & Yuen, K. Y., 2010, In: PLoS ONE. 5, 10, e13757.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  76 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  [Study design and the preliminary results on the modes of smoking cessation in general hospitals].

  He, Y., Lam, T. H., Jiang, B., Liu, Q. H., Zuo, F., Sai, X. Y., Zhou, C. X., Zou, L., Wu, L., Cheng, K. K. & Chan, S. C. S., Feb 2011, In: Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi. 32, 2, p. 192-195 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Abnormal vascular function in PR-interval prolongation

  Chan, Y. H., Siu, C. W., Yiu, K. H., Li, S. W., Lau, K. K., Lam, T. H., Lau, C. P. & Tse, H. F., Oct 2011, In: Clinical Cardiology. 34, 10, p. 628-632 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• A critical role of IL-17 in modulating the B-cell response during H5N1 influenza virus infection

  Wang, X., Chan, C. C. S., Yang, M., Deng, J., Poon, V. K. M., Leung, V. H. C., Ko, K. H., Zhou, J., Yung Yuen, K., Zheng, B. J. & Lu, L., Nov 2011, In: Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 8, 6, p. 462-468 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  79 Citations (Scopus)