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Evidence for public health practice.

Gray S, Leung GM.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2009 Dec;31(4):461. No abstract available. PMID: 19939790 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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

Schooling CM, Jiang CQ, Zhang WS, Lam TH, Cheng KK, Leung GM.

Diabetologia. 2009 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19937223 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Measuring moral hazard and adverse selection by propensity scoring in the mixed health care economy of Hong Kong.

Wong IO, Lindner MJ, Cowling BJ, Lau EH, Lo SV, Leung GM.

Health Policy. 2009 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19931206 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Functional role of ICAM-3 polymorphism in genetic susceptibility to SARS infection.

Khoo US, Chan KY, Ching JC, Chan VS, Ip YC, Yam L, Chu CM, Lai ST, So KM, Wong TY, Chung PH, Tam P, Yip SP, Sham P, Leung GM, Lin CL, Peiris JS.

Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Oct;15 Suppl 6:26-9. No abstract available. PMID: 19801714 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

A pan-Asian survey of risk perception, attitudes and practices associated with live animal markets.

Fielding R, Leung GM, Lam WW, Jiang CQ, Sitthi-Amorn C, Ahn LV, Lu YM, Zhang WS.

Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Oct;15 Suppl 6:17-20. No abstract available. PMID: 19801712 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Hand hygiene and virus transmission.

Cowling BJ, Leung GM, Seto WH.

CMAJ. 2009 Nov 10;181(10):716. No abstract available. PMID: 19901054 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

A randomised-controlled trial of two educational modes for undergraduate evidence-based medicine learning in Asia.

Johnston JM, Schooling CM, Leung GM.

BMC Med Educ. 2009 Sep 29;9:63.PMID: 19785777 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Long-term care cost drivers and expenditure projection to 2036 in Hong Kong.

Chung RY, Tin KY, Cowling BJ, Chan KP, Chan WM, Lo SV, Leung GM.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Sep 24;9:172.PMID: 19775476 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Short- and medium-term outcomes of accelerated infant growth in a Hong Kong Chinese birth cohort.

Schooling CM, Hui LL, Leung SS, Ho LM, Mak KH, Leung GM.

Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Feb;15 Suppl 2:17-21.PMID: 19258628 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Understanding socio-historical imprint on cancer risk by age-period-cohort decomposition in Hong Kong.

Wong IO, Cowling BJ, Law SC, Mang OW, Schooling CM, Leung GM.

J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19710042 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Vices and virtues.

Leung GM, Gray S.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2009 Sep;31(3):313-4. No abstract available. PMID: 19703970 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Factors associated with variability in response of diabetic macular oedema after intravitreal triamcinolone.

Mohamed S, Leung GM, Chan CK, Lai TY, Lee VY, Liu DT, Li KK, Li PS, Lam DS.

Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;37(6):602-8.PMID: 19702711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does breastfeeding protect against childhood overweight? Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort.

Kwok MK, Schooling CM, Lam TH, Leung GM.

Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Aug 20. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19700441 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Temporal variability and social heterogeneity in disease transmission: the case of SARS in Hong Kong.

Cori A, Boëlle PY, Thomas G, Leung GM, Valleron AJ.

PLoS Comput Biol. 2009 Aug;5(8):e1000471. Epub 2009 Aug 21.PMID: 19696879 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

How to maintain surveillance for novel influenza A H1N1 when there are too many cases to count.

Lipsitch M, Hayden FG, Cowling BJ, Leung GM.

Lancet. 2009 Oct 3;374(9696):1209-11. Epub 2009 Aug 11. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 19679345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Factors affecting QuickVue Influenza A + B rapid test performance in the community setting.

Cheng CK, Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Fang VJ, Seto WH, Yung R, Uyeki TM, Houck PM, Peiris JS, Leung GM.

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Sep;65(1):35-41.PMID: 19679233 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: a cluster randomized trial.

Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Fang VJ, Cheng CK, Fung RO, Wai W, Sin J, Seto WH, Yung R, Chu DW, Chiu BC, Lee PW, Chiu MC, Lee HC, Uyeki TM, Houck PM, Peiris JS, Leung GM.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Oct 6;151(7):437-46. Epub 2009 Aug 3.PMID: 19652172 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Moderate alcohol use, health status, and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort.

Sun W, Schooling CM, Chan WM, Ho KS, Lam TH, Leung GM.

Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;19(6):396-403.PMID: 19460670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Leading for health.

Gray S, Leung GM.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2009 Jun;31(2):197-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19451342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hedging against antiviral resistance during the next influenza pandemic using small stockpiles of an alternative chemotherapy.

Wu JT, Leung GM, Lipsitch M, Cooper BS, Riley S.

PLoS Med. 2009 May 19;6(5):e1000085. Epub 2009 May 19.PMID: 19440354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Estimation of the serial interval of influenza.

Cowling BJ, Fang VJ, Riley S, Malik Peiris JS, Leung GM.

Epidemiology. 2009 May;20(3):344-7.PMID: 19279492 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

From Confucius to Obama. Editorial.

Leung GM.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2009 Mar;31(1):1-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19237402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alcohol and cardio-respiratory deaths in Chinese: a population-based case-control study of 32,462 older Hong Kong adults.

Schooling CM, Lam TH, Ho SY, He Y, Mak KH, Leung GM.

BMC Public Health. 2009 Feb 5;9:49.PMID: 19193244 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A socio-historical hypothesis for the diabetes epidemic in Chinese--preliminary observations from Hong Kong as a natural experiment.

Schooling CM, Lam TH, Janus ED, Cowling BJ, Leung GM; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Am J Hum Biol. 2009 May-Jun;21(3):346-53.PMID: 19189413 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Role of polymorphisms of the inflammatory response genes and DC-SIGNR in genetic susceptibility to SARS and other infections.

Khoo US, Chan KY, Chan VS, Ching JC, Yam L, Chu CM, Lai ST, Wong TY, Tam P, Yip SP, Leung GM, Lin CL, Peiris JS.

Hong Kong Med J. 2008 Aug;14 Suppl 4:31-5.PMID: 18708672 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk-stratified seroprevalence of SARS coronavirus in children residing in a district with point-source outbreak compared to a low-risk area.

Lee PP, Wong WH, Leung GM, Chiu SS, Chan KH, Peiris JS, Lam TH, Lau YL.

Hong Kong Med J. 2008 Aug;14 Suppl 4:17-20.PMID: 18708669 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hong Kong's domestic health spending--financial years 1989/90 through 2004/05.

Leung GM, Tin KY, Yeung GM, Leung ES, Tsui EL, Lam DW, Tsang CS, Fung AY, Lo SV.

Hong Kong Med J. 2008 Apr;14 Suppl 2:2-23. Review.PMID: 18587162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pathways to obesity in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Kavikondala S, Schooling CM, Jiang CQ, Zhang WS, Cheng KK, Lam TH, Leung GM.

Int J Epidemiol. 2009 Feb;38(1):72-82. Epub 2008 Nov 26.PMID: 19036795 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing severe acute respiratory syndrome in the emergency department.

Leung GM, Hedley AJ, Kong J, Lam TH, Lau FL, Rainer T, Wong TW, Tong YH.

Hong Kong Med J. 2008 Oct;14(5 Suppl):8-10. No abstract available. PMID: 18941266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A multilevel analysis of the effects of neighbourhood income inequality on individual self-rated health in Hong Kong.

Wong IO, Cowling BJ, Lo SV, Leung GM.

Soc Sci Med. 2009 Jan;68(1):124-32. Epub 2008 Nov 6.PMID: 18995943 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alcohol use and fasting glucose in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

Schooling CM, Jiang CQ, Lam TH, Zhang WS, Cheng KK, Leung GM.

J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009 Feb;63(2):121-7. Epub 2008 Oct 17.PMID: 18930980 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Clinical and economic impact of an antibiotics stewardship programme in a regional hospital in Hong Kong.

Ng CK, Wu TC, Chan WM, Leung YS, Li CK, Tsang DN, Leung GM.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Oct;17(5):387-92.PMID: 18842981 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is the Hospital Authority's drug formulary equitable and efficient?

Lau EW, Leung GM.

Hong Kong Med J. 2008 Oct;14(5):416-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18840919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

Abdullah AS, Lam TH, Chan SK, Leung GM, Chi I, Ho WW, Chan SS.

BMC Geriatr. 2008 Oct 6;8:25.PMID: 18837985 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of school closures, 2008 winter influenza season, Hong Kong.

Cowling BJ, Lau EH, Lam CL, Cheng CK, Kovar J, Chan KH, Peiris JS, Leung GM.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Oct;14(10):1660-2.PMID: 18826841 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Childhood Growth and Adulthood Cognition in a Rapidly Developing Population.

Heys M, Schooling CM, Jiang C, Adab P, Keung Cheng K, Hing Lam T, Leung GM.

Epidemiology. 2008 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 18813020 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Helping Chinese fathers quit smoking through educating their nonsmoking spouses: a randomized controlled trial.

Chan SS, Leung GM, Wong DC, Lam TH.

Am J Health Promot. 2008 Sep-Oct;23(1):31-4.PMID: 18785372 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Translational public health: rehearsing the evidence until the task is done.

Leung GM, Gray S.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2008 Sep;30(3):217-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18713829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Influenza virus in human exhaled breath: an observational study.

Fabian P, McDevitt JJ, DeHaan WH, Fung RO, Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Leung GM, Milton DK.

PLoS One. 2008 Jul 16;3(7):e2691.PMID: 18628983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

Cheung BM, Ong KL, Cheung RV, Wong LY, Wat NM, Tam S, Leung GM, Cheng CH, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2008;46(4):523-7.PMID: 18605934 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Optimizing use of multistream influenza sentinel surveillance data.

Lau EH, Cowling BJ, Ho LM, Leung GM.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jul;14(7):1154-7.PMID: 18598647 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

Schooling CM, Jiang CQ, Heys M, Zhang WS, Adab P, Cheng KK, Lam TH, Leung GM.

J Epidemiol Community Health. 2008 Jul;62(7):607-14.PMID: 18559443 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between raised blood pressure and dysglycemia in Hong Kong Chinese.

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Tso AW, Tam S, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Tse HF, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Sep;31(9):1889-91. Epub 2008 Jun 12.PMID: 18556342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

Schooling CM, Sun W, Ho SY, Chan WM, Tham MK, Ho KS, Leung GM, Lam TH.

PLoS One. 2008 Jun 4;3(6):e2370. Erratum in: PLoS ONE. 2008;3(6). doi: 10.1371/annotation/d27238c8-7f54-4bbb-afa4-b99443f1b9f0. Wenjie, Sun [corrected to Sun, Wenjie]. PMID: 18523644 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

McGhee SM, Schooling CM, Wong LC, Leung GM, Ho LM, Thomas GN, Ho DS, Lam TH, Hedley AJ.

Med Care. 2008 Jun;46(6):614-9.PMID: 18520316 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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 MK, Schooling CM, Ho LM, Leung SS, Mak KH, McGhee SM, Lam TH, Leung GM.

Tob Control. 2008 Aug;17(4):263-70. Epub 2008 May 27.PMID: 18505748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Musings on Chekhov.

Leung GM.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2008 Jun;30(2):117-8. No abstract available. PMID: 18490380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Who receives, benefits from and is harmed by cervical and breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese?

Leung GM, Woo PP, Cowling BJ, Tsang CS, Cheung AN, Ngan HY, Galbraith K, Lam TH.

J Public Health (Oxf). 2008 Sep;30(3):282-92. Epub 2008 May 14.PMID: 18482996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Preliminary findings of a randomized trial of non-pharmaceutical interventions to prevent influenza transmission in households.

Cowling BJ, Fung RO, Cheng CK, Fang VJ, Chan KH, Seto WH, Yung R, Chiu B, Lee P, Uyeki TM, Houck PM, Peiris JS, Leung GM.

PLoS One. 2008 May 7;3(5):e2101.PMID: 18461182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Diabetic control and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study.

Leung CC, Lam TH, Chan WM, Yew WW, Ho KS, Leung GM, Law WS, Tam CM, Chan CK, Chang KC.

Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Jun 15;167(12):1486-94. Epub 2008 Apr 8.PMID: 18400769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article