Published in Int J Epidemiol on November 26, 2004
The effect of rural-to-urban migration on obesity and diabetes in India: a cross-sectional study. PLoS Med (2010) 3.16
A life-course approach to measuring socioeconomic position in population health surveillance systems. J Epidemiol Community Health (2006) 1.14
Association between urban life-years and cardiometabolic risk: the Indian migration study. Am J Epidemiol (2011) 1.03
The effect of age at migration on cardiovascular mortality among elderly Mexican immigrants. Ann Epidemiol (2008) 0.99
Growth environment and sex differences in lipids, body shape and diabetes risk. PLoS One (2007) 0.97
The transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in a recently developed Chinese city. PLoS One (2010) 0.95
Commentary: Can conventional migration studies really identify critical age-period effects? Int J Epidemiol (2004) 0.83
Does economic development contribute to sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality? Hong Kong as a natural experiment using a case-control study. BMC Public Health (2008) 0.81
Transmission dynamics of the etiological agent of SARS in Hong Kong: impact of public health interventions. Science (2003) 12.26
Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. Lancet (2003) 10.74
Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: a cluster randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2009) 5.68
Catastrophic payments for health care in Asia. Health Econ (2007) 5.16
Protective efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination against seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infection during 2009 in Hong Kong. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 4.81
Human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an assessment of clinical severity. Lancet (2013) 3.90
Reducing the impact of the next influenza pandemic using household-based public health interventions. PLoS Med (2006) 3.86
Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in China: a population-based study of laboratory-confirmed cases. Lancet (2013) 3.77
The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China. Nature (2013) 3.60
The infection attack rate and severity of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in Hong Kong. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 3.51
Viral shedding and clinical illness in naturally acquired influenza virus infections. J Infect Dis (2010) 3.29
Influenza-associated hospitalization in a subtropical city. PLoS Med (2006) 3.07
A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing severe acute respiratory syndrome in the emergency department. Ann Intern Med (2004) 3.05
Influenza virus in human exhaled breath: an observational study. PLoS One (2008) 2.89
Methods for monitoring influenza surveillance data. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 2.88
Real-time estimates in early detection of SARS. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 2.87
Body-mass index and cancer mortality in the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration: pooled analyses of 424,519 participants. Lancet Oncol (2010) 2.81
Diabetic control and risk of tuberculosis: a cohort study. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 2.65
Circulating influenza virus, climatic factors, and acute myocardial infarction: a time series study in England and Wales and Hong Kong. J Infect Dis (2011) 2.64
Estimation of the serial interval of influenza. Epidemiology (2009) 2.60
Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project. BMC Public Health (2007) 2.53
Who pays for health care in Asia? J Health Econ (2007) 2.53
Longitudinal assessment of community psychobehavioral responses during and after the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 2.53
Epidemiology, transmission dynamics and control of SARS: the 2002-2003 epidemic. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci (2004) 2.45
How to maintain surveillance for novel influenza A H1N1 when there are too many cases to count. Lancet (2009) 2.44
A randomized controlled trial of a smoking reduction plus nicotine replacement therapy intervention for smokers not willing to quit smoking. Addiction (2011) 2.40
Effects of oseltamivir treatment on duration of clinical illness and viral shedding and household transmission of influenza virus. Clin Infect Dis (2010) 2.36
The epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome in the 2003 Hong Kong epidemic: an analysis of all 1755 patients. Ann Intern Med (2004) 2.36
Circulating adipocyte-fatty acid binding protein levels predict the development of the metabolic syndrome: a 5-year prospective study. Circulation (2007) 2.29
Avian influenza risk perception, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 2.28
Hypoadiponectinemia as a predictor for the development of hypertension: a 5-year prospective study. Hypertension (2007) 2.23
Effects of school closures, 2008 winter influenza season, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis (2008) 2.18
Changes in smoking behavior and subsequent mortality risk during a 35-year follow-up of a cohort in Xi'an, China. Am J Epidemiol (2014) 2.16
Preliminary findings of a randomized trial of non-pharmaceutical interventions to prevent influenza transmission in households. PLoS One (2008) 2.04
Hedging against antiviral resistance during the next influenza pandemic using small stockpiles of an alternative chemotherapy. PLoS Med (2009) 1.99
A tale of two cities: community psychobehavioral surveillance and related impact on outbreak control in Hong Kong and Singapore during the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2004) 1.98
Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong in 2009. Epidemiology (2011) 1.95
Protective efficacy against pandemic influenza of seasonal influenza vaccination in children in Hong Kong: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.94
Horizontal equity in health care utilization evidence from three high-income Asian economies. Soc Sci Med (2006) 1.88
Serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein as a new biomarker predicting the development of type 2 diabetes: a 10-year prospective study in a Chinese cohort. Diabetes Care (2007) 1.88
Reliability and validity of the IPAQ-Chinese: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort study. Med Sci Sports Exerc (2008) 1.84
Studies needed to address public health challenges of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: insights from modeling. PLoS Med (2010) 1.83
Effect of interventions on influenza A (H9N2) isolation in Hong Kong's live poultry markets, 1999-2005. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.82
Does breastfeeding protect against childhood overweight? Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort. Int J Epidemiol (2009) 1.82
Improving the evidence base for decision making during a pandemic: the example of 2009 influenza A/H1N1. Biosecur Bioterror (2011) 1.75
Optimizing the dose of pre-pandemic influenza vaccines to reduce the infection attack rate. PLoS Med (2007) 1.73
Alternative methods of estimating an incubation distribution: examples from severe acute respiratory syndrome. Epidemiology (2007) 1.70
Waist to stature ratio is more strongly associated with cardiovascular risk factors than other simple anthropometric indices. Ann Epidemiol (2003) 1.70
Relationship between the metabolic syndrome and the development of hypertension in the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study-2 (CRISPS2). Am J Hypertens (2008) 1.69
Hypertension: its prevalence and population-attributable fraction for mortality from cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region. J Hypertens (2007) 1.69
Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia Diabetes Prevention Program (MAGDA-DPP) post-natal intervention: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2013) 1.67
Prior TB, smoking, and airflow obstruction: a cross-sectional analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. Chest (2009) 1.65
The development and validation of a knowledge, attitude and behaviour questionnaire to assess undergraduate evidence-based practice teaching and learning. Med Educ (2003) 1.65
What is the most cost-effective population-based cancer screening program for Chinese women? J Clin Oncol (2007) 1.62
Cohort profile: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, a Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Birmingham collaboration. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 1.58
Obesity, physical activity, and mortality in a prospective chinese elderly cohort. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.57
Quality of reporting of key methodological items of randomized controlled trials in clinical ophthalmic journals. Ophthalmic Epidemiol (2007) 1.57
Aerosol transmission is an important mode of influenza A virus spread. Nat Commun (2013) 1.56
Smoking and mortality in a prospective cohort study of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. Addiction (2014) 1.52
Factors affecting QuickVue Influenza A + B rapid test performance in the community setting. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2009) 1.52
Live poultry exposure, Guangzhou, China, 2006. Epidemics (2009) 1.52
Adherence to nicotine replacement therapy versus quitting smoking among Chinese smokers: a preliminary investigation. Psychopharmacology (Berl) (2004) 1.52
Depression: an important comorbidity with metabolic syndrome in a general population. Diabetes Care (2008) 1.49
Obesity and depressive symptoms in Chinese elderly. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2004) 1.48
Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data. PLoS Med (2011) 1.46
Live poultry exposures, Hong Kong and Hanoi, 2006. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 1.44
Elevated total cholesterol: its prevalence and population attributable fraction for mortality from coronary heart disease and ischaemic stroke in the Asia-Pacific region. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2008) 1.43
Household transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology (2012) 1.43
Development of diabetes in Chinese with the metabolic syndrome: a 6-year prospective study. Diabetes Care (2007) 1.43
Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A subtypes H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 1.40
Letter by schooling and leung regarding article, "the global cardiovascular risk transition: associations of four metabolic risk factors with macroeconomic variables in 1980 and 2008". Circulation (2013) 1.40
Comprehensive smoke-free legislation and displacement of smoking into the homes of young children in Hong Kong. Tob Control (2010) 1.39
Translational public health: rehearsing the evidence until the task is done. J Public Health (Oxf) (2008) 1.38
Adult height and the risks of cardiovascular disease and major causes of death in the Asia-Pacific region: 21,000 deaths in 510,000 men and women. Int J Epidemiol (2009) 1.36
Passive smoking and risk of peripheral arterial disease and ischemic stroke in Chinese women who never smoked. Circulation (2008) 1.36
Body mass index and risk of diabetes mellitus in the Asia-Pacific region. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr (2006) 1.33
Anatomy of the epidemiological literature on the 2003 SARS outbreaks in Hong Kong and Toronto: a time-stratified review. PLoS Med (2010) 1.31
Non-parametric estimation of the case fatality ratio with competing risks data: an application to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Stat Med (2007) 1.30
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong. Compr Psychiatry (2010) 1.29
Obesity susceptibility genetic variants identified from recent genome-wide association studies: implications in a chinese population. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2010) 1.29
Poultry market closures and human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013-14. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 1.29
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and population attributable fractions for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr (2007) 1.28