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  A cross-sectional study on smoking behavior and nicotine dependence among workers in Guangzhou

  Zhang, W. S., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Kong, C., Xiao, L. W. & Cheng, K. K., Nov 2008, In: Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi. 29, 11, p. 1061-1063 3 p.

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

• An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the smoking self-efficacy questionaire (SEQ-12) among chinese cardiac patients who smoke

  Leung, D. Y. P., Chan, S. S. C., Lau, C. P., Wong, V. & Lam, T. H., Aug 2008, In: Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 10, 8, p. 1311-1318 8 p.

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

• Antiviral therapy for respiratory tract infections

  Wong, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Nov 2008, In: Respirology. 13, 7, p. 950-971 22 p.

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

  Open Access
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Are height and leg length universal markers of childhood conditions? The Guangzhou Biobank cohort study

  Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C. Q., Heys, M., Zhang, W. S., Adab, P., Cheng, K. K., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Jul 2008, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 62, 7, p. 607-614 8 p.

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

• Are longer legs associated with enhanced fertility in Chinese women?

  Fielding, R., Schooling, C. M., Adab, P., Cheng, K. K., Lao, X. Q., Jiang, C. Q. & Lam, T. H., Nov 2008, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 29, 6, p. 434-443 10 p.

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

• Are universal standards for optimal infant growth appropriate? Evidence from a Hong Kong Chinese birth cohort

  Hui, L. L., Schooling, C. M., Cowling, B. J., Leung, S. S. L., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Jul 2008, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93, 7, p. 561-565 5 p.

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

• Association between plasma alkaline phosphatase and C-reactive protein in Hong Kong Chinese

  Cheung, B. M. Y., Ong, K. L., Cheung, R. V., Wong, L. Y. F., Wat, N. M. S., Tam, S., Leung, G. M., Cheng, C. H., Woo, J., Janus, E. D., Lau, C. P., Hing Lam, T. & Lam, K. S. L., Apr 1 2008, In: Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 46, 4, p. 523-527 5 p.

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

• Association between raised blood pressure and dysglycemia in hong kong chinese

  Cheung, B. M. Y., Wat, N. M. S., Tso, A. W. K., Tam, S., Thomas, G. N., Leung, G. M., Tse, H. F., Woo, J., Janus, E. D., Lau, C. P., Lam, T. H. & Lam, K. S. L., Sept 2008, In: Diabetes Care. 31, 9, p. 1889-1891 3 p.

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

  Open Access
  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Association of a polymorphism in the lipin 1 gene with systolic blood pressure in men

  Ong, K. L., Leung, R. Y. H., Wong, L. Y. F., Cherny, S. S., Sham, P. C., Lam, T. H., Lam, K. S. L. & Cheung, B. M. Y., May 2008, In: American Journal of Hypertension. 21, 5, p. 539-545 7 p.

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

• Association of F11 receptor gene polymorphisms with central obesity and blood pressure

  Ong, K. L., Leung, R. Y. H., Wong, L. Y. F., Cherny, S. S., Sham, P. C., Lam, T. H., Lam, K. S. L. & Cheung, B. M. Y., Mar 2008, In: Journal of Internal Medicine. 263, 3, p. 322-332 11 p.

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

• Association of smoking and smoking cessation with major causes of mortality in the Asia Pacific Region: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

  Barzi, F., Huxley, R., Jamrozik, K., Lam, T. H., Ueshima, H., Gu, D., Kim, H. C. & Woodward, M., Jun 2008, In: Tobacco Control. 17, 3, p. 166-172 7 p.

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

  Open Access
  25 Citations (SciVal)

• A study of sexual satisfaction and frequency of sex among hong kong chinese couples

  Cheung, M. W. L., Wong, P. W. C., Liu, K. Y., Yip, P. S. F., Fan, S. Y. S. & Lam, T. H., 2008, In: Journal of Sex Research. 45, 2, p. 129-139 11 p.

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

• Avian influenza A/H5N1 virus: Management in human and bird

  Wong, S. S. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Aug 2008, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 14, 4, p. 252-254 3 p.

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

• Birth weight, infant growth, and childhood body mass index: Hong Kong's children of 1997 birth cohort

  Hui, L. L., Schooling, C. M., Leung, S. S. L., Mak, K. H., Ho, L. M., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Mar 2008, In: Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 162, 3, p. 212-218 7 p.

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

• BMI compared with central obesity indicators in relation to diabetes and hypertension in Asians

  Nyamdorj, R., Qiao, Q., Lam, T. H., Tuomilehto, J., Ho, S. Y., Pitkäniemi, J., Nakagami, T., Mohan, V., Janus, E. D. & Ferreira, S. R. G., Jul 2008, In: Obesity. 16, 7, p. 1622-1635 14 p.

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

  Open Access
  198 Citations (Scopus)

• Building an integrated model of tobacco control education in the nursing curriculum: Findings of a students' survey

  Chan, S. S. C., So, W. K. W., Wong, D. C. N. & Lam, T. H., May 2008, In: Journal of Nursing Education. 47, 5, p. 223-226 4 p.

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

• Cigarette smoking, systolic blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases in the asia-pacific region

  Nakamura, K., Barzi, F., Lam, T. H., Huxley, R., Feigin, V. L., Ueshima, H., Woo, J., Gu, D., Ohkubo, T., Lawes, C. M. M., Suh, I. & Woodward, M., Jun 1 2008, In: Stroke. 39, 6, p. 1694-1702 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  89 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical Presentation of the Disease in Adults

  Sung, J. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 11 2008, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. John Wiley and Sons, p. 21-29 9 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Components of the metabolic syndrome predictive of its development: A 6-year longitudinal study in Hong Kong Chinese

  Cheung, B. M. Y., Wat, N. M. S., Tam, S., Thomas, G. N., Leung, G. M., Cheng, C. H., Woo, J., Janus, E. D., Lau, C. P., Lam, T. H. & Lam, K. S. L., May 2008, In: Clinical Endocrinology. 68, 5, p. 730-737 8 p.

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

• COPD-related morbidity and mortality after smoking cessation: Status of the evidence

  Godtfredsen, N. S., Lam, T. H., Hansel, T. T., Leon, M. E., Gray, N., Dresler, C., Burns, D. M., Prescott, E. & Vestbo, J., Oct 2008, In: European Respiratory Journal. 32, 4, p. 844-853 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  219 Citations (Scopus)

• CoVDB: A comprehensive database for comparative analysis of coronavirus genes and genomes

  Huang, Y., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2008, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 36, SUPPL. 1, p. D504-D511

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

  Open Access
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• Delayed antiviral plus immunomodulator treatment still reduces mortality in mice infected by high inoculum of influenza A/H5N1 virus

  Zheng, B. J., Chan, K. W., Lin, Y. P., Zhao, G. Y., Chan, C., Zhang, H. J., Chen, H. L., Wong, S. S. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Chan, K. H., Jin, D. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Jun 10 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105, 23, p. 8091-8096 6 p.

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

  Open Access
  288 Citations (Scopus)

• Development of diabetes in Chinese with the metabolic syndrome: A 6-year prospective study (Diabetes Care (2007) 30, (1430-1436))

  Cheung, B. M. Y., Wat, N. M. S., Yu, B. M., Tam, S., Thomas, G. N., Leung, G. M., Chun, H. C., Woo, J., Janus, E. D., Chu, P. L., Tai, H. L. & Lam, K. S. L., Jan 2008, In: Diabetes Care. 31, 1, p. 187 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Diabetic control and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study.

  Leung, C. C., Lam, T. H., Chan, W. M., Yew, W. W., Ho, K. S., Leung, G. M., Law, W. S., Tam, C. M., Chan, C. K. & Chang, K. C., Jun 15 2008, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 167, 12, p. 1486-1494 9 p.

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

• Differential fadE28 expression associated with phenotypic virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Lam, T. H. J., Yuen, K. Y., Ho, P. L., Wong, K. C., Leong, W. M., Law, H. K. W., Weng, X. H., Zhang, W. H., Chen, S. & Yam, W. C., Jul 2008, In: Microbial Pathogenesis. 45, 1, p. 12-17 6 p.

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

• Distribution and molecular characterization of tetracycline resistance in Laribacter hongkongensis

  Lau, S. K. P., Wong, G. K. M., Li, M. W. S., Woo, P. C. Y. & Yuen, K. Y., Mar 2008, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 61, 3, p. 488-497 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study

  Schooling, C. M., Lam, T. H., Ho, S. Y., Mak, K. H. & Leung, G. M., 2008, In: BMC Public Health. 8, 32.

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

  Open Access
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Does smoking affect hospital use before death? A comparison of ever- and never-smokers in the last years of life

  McGhee, S. M., Schooling, C. M., Wong, L. C., Leung, G. M., Ho, L. M., Thomas, G. N., Ho, D. S. Y., Lam, T. H. & Hedley, A. J., Jun 2008, In: Medical Care. 46, 6, p. 614-619 6 p.

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

• Early life second-hand smoke exposure and serious infectious morbidity during the first 8 years: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort

  Kwok, M. K., Schooling, C. M., Ho, L. M., Leung, S. S. L., Mak, K. H., McGhee, S. M., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Aug 2008, In: Tobacco Control. 17, 4, p. 263-270 8 p.

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

• Effectiveness of a mobile smoking cessation service in reaching elderly smokers and predictors of quitting

  Abdullah, A. S. M., Lam, T. H., Chan, S. K. K., Leung, G. M., Chi, I., Ho, W. W. N. & Chan, S. S. C., 2008, In: BMC Geriatrics. 8, 25.

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

  Open Access
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of antibiotics on the bacterial load of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in anterior nares

  Cheng, V. C. C., Li, I. W. S., Wu, A. K. L., Tang, B. S. F., Ng, K. H. L., To, K. K. W., Tse, H., Que, T. L., Ho, P. L. & Yuen, K. Y., Sept 2008, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 70, 1, p. 27-34 8 p.

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

• Elevated total cholesterol: Its prevalence and population attributable fraction for mortality from coronary heart disease and ischaemic stroke in the Asia-Pacific region

  Woodward, M., Martiniuk, A., Lee, C. M. Y., Lam, T. H., Vanderhoorn, S., Ueshima, H., Fang, X., Kim, H. C., Rodgers, A., Patel, A., Jamrozik, K. & Huxley, R., Aug 2008, In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 15, 4, p. 397-401 5 p.

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

  Open Access
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• Factor structure of the center for epidemiological studies depression scale in Hong Kong adolescents

  Lee, S. W., Stewart, S. M., Byrne, B. M., Wong, J. P. S., Ho, S. Y., Lee, P. W. H. & Lam, T. H., Mar 2008, In: Journal of Personality Assessment. 90, 2, p. 175-184 10 p.

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

• Helping Chinese fathers quit smoking through educating their nonsmoking spouses: A randomized controlled trial

  Chan, S. S. C., Leung, G. M., Wong, D. C. N. & Lam, T. H., 2008, In: American Journal of Health Promotion. 23, 1, p. 31-34 4 p.

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

• Household smoking practices of parents with young children, and predictors of poor household smoking practices

  Mak, Y. W., Loke, A. Y., Abdullah, A. S. & Lam, T. H., Nov 2008, In: Public Health. 122, 11, p. 1199-1209 11 p.

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

• Human metapneumovirus infection in an immunocompetent adult presenting as mononucleosis-like illness

  Li, I. W. S., To, K. K. W., Tang, B. S. F., Chan, K. H., Hui, C. K., Cheng, V. C. C. & Yuen, K. Y., May 2008, In: Journal of Infection. 56, 5, p. 389-392 4 p.

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

  Open Access
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Identification of novel porcine and bovine parvoviruses closely related to human parvovirus 4

  Lau, S. K. P., Woo, P. C. Y., Tse, H., Fu, C. T. Y., Au, W. K., Chen, X. C., Tsoi, H. W., Tsang, T. H. F., Chan, J. S. Y., Tsang, D. N. C., Li, K. S. M., Tse, C. W. S., Ng, T. K., Tsang, O. T. Y., Zheng, B. J., Tam, S., Chan, K. H., Zhou, B. & Yuen, K. Y., Aug 2008, In: Journal of General Virology. 89, 8, p. 1840-1848 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  157 Citations (Scopus)

• Impaired glucose tolerance as a risk factor for diabetes mellitus and hypertension in the hong kong Chinese population: A 5-year prospective study

  Wat, N. M. S., Lam, T. H., Janus, E. D. & Lam, K. S. L., Jun 2008, In: Hong Kong Medical Journal. 14, 3, p. S20-S22

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

• Implications of increased weight and waist circumference on vascular risk in an older Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Thomas, G. N., Lao, X. Q., Jiang, C. Q., McGhee, S. M., Zhang, W. S., Adab, P., Lam, T. H. & Cheng, K. K., Feb 2008, In: Atherosclerosis. 196, 2, p. 682-688 7 p.

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

• Influence of dietary pattern on the development of overweight in a Chinese population

  Woo, J., Cheung, B., Ho, S., Sham, A. & Lam, T. H., 2008, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 62, 4, p. 480-487 8 p.

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

• Inhibition of HBV gene expression and replication by stably expressed interferon-α1 via adeno-associated viral vectors

  Li, Z., Yao, H., Ma, Y., Dong, Q., Chen, Y., Peng, Y., Zheng, B. J., Huang, J. D., Chan, C. Y., Lin, M. C., Sung, J. J., Yuen, K. Y., Kung, H. F. & He, M. L., Jun 2008, In: Journal of Gene Medicine. 10, 6, p. 619-627 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Intranasal vaccination of recombinant adeno-associated virus encoding receptor-binding domain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) spike protein induces strong mucosal immune responses and provides long-term protection against SARS-CoV infection

  Du, L., Zhao, G., Lin, Y., Sui, H., Chan, C., Ma, S., He, Y., Jiang, S., Wu, C., Yuen, K. Y., Jin, D. Y., Zhou, Y. & Zheng, B. J., Jan 15 2008, In: Journal of Immunology. 180, 2, p. 948-956 9 p.

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

  Open Access
  118 Citations (Scopus)

• Is central obesity a better discriminator of the risk of hypertension than body mass index in ethnically diverse populations?

  Huxley, R., Barzi, F., Lee, C. M. Y., Janus, E., Lam, T. H., Caterson, I., Lear, S., Patel, J., Shaw, J., Adam, J., Oh, S. W., Kang, J. H., Zimmet, P. & Woodward, M., Feb 2008, In: Journal of Hypertension. 26, 2, p. 169-177 9 p.

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

• Is exercise protective against influenza-associated mortality?

  Wong, C. M., Lai, H. K., Ou, C. Q., Ho, S. Y., Chan, K. P., Thach, T. Q., Yang, L., Chau, Y. K., Lam, T. H., Hedley, A. J. & Peiris, J. S. M., May 7 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 5, e2108.

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

  Open Access
  75 Citations (Scopus)

• Is leg length a biomarker of childhood conditions in older Chinese women? The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

  Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C. Q., Heys, M., Zhang, W. S., Lao, X. Q., Adab, P., Cowling, B. J., Thomas, G. N., Cheng, K. K., Lam, T. H. & Leung, G. M., Feb 2008, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 62, 2, p. 160-167 8 p.

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

• Lasiodiplodia theobromae pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient

  Woo, P. C. Y., Lau, S. K. P., Ngan, A. H. Y., Tse, H., Tung, E. T. K. & Yuen, K. Y., Jan 2008, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46, 1, p. 380-384 5 p.

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

  Open Access
  55 Citations (Scopus)

• Life-course origins of social inequalities in metabolic risk in the population of a developing country

  Schooling, C. M., Jiang, C. Q., Lam, T. H., Zhang, W. S., Cheng, K. K. & Leung, G. M., Feb 2008, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 167, 4, p. 419-428 10 p.

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

  Open Access
  63 Citations (Scopus)

• Moderate alcohol use and mortality from ischaemic heart disease: A prospective study in older Chinese people

  Schooling, C. M., Wenjie, S., Ho, S. Y., Chan, W. M., Tham, M. K., Ho, K. S., Leung, G. M. & Lam, T. H., Jun 4 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 6, e2370.

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

  Open Access
  33 Citations (Scopus)

• Molecular epidemiology and divergence of HIV type 1 protease codon 35 inserted strains among treatment-naive patients in Hong Kong

  Chen, J. H. K., Wong, K. H., Chan, K. C., Lam, H. Y., Yuen, K. Y., Cheng, V. C. C. & Yam, W. C., Apr 1 2008, In: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 24, 4, p. 537-542 6 p.

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

• Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in residential care homes for the elderly in Hong Kong

  Ho, P. L., Lai, E. L., Chow, K. H., Chow, L. S. M., Yuen, K. Y. & Yung, R. W. H., Jun 2008, In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 61, 2, p. 135-142 8 p.

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