Search Results - "CHAN, Emily"
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Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Hong Kong: A Time-Series Analysis on Its Relationship with Weather
Published in PloS one (17-08-2016)“…Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is an emerging enterovirus-induced infectious disease for which the environmental risk factors promoting disease…”
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Effect modification of the association between short-term meteorological factors and mortality by urban heat islands in Hong Kong
Published in PloS one (22-06-2012)“…Prior studies from around the world have indicated that very high temperatures tend to increase summertime mortality. However possible effect modification by…”
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A time-series study of the association of rainfall, relative humidity and ambient temperature with hospitalizations for rotavirus and norovirus infection among children in Hong Kong
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-12-2018)“…Rotavirus and norovirus are infectious pathogens primarily affecting children under 5 years old. The impact of rainfall on diarrheal diseases remains…”
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Student Research and Publication: Strategic Planning for Inclusion Using a Systems Mapping Approach
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Weather, pollution, and acute myocardial infarction in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Published in International journal of cardiology (20-09-2013)“…Abstract Background Several previous studies examined the association between acute myocardial infarction (AMI) incidence and temperature and/or air pollution…”
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Intention of nurses to accept coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination and change of intention to accept seasonal influenza vaccination during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey
Published in Vaccine (21-10-2020)“…•Refusal rate of nurses to influenza vaccine reduced during the pandemic.•A low acceptance level and high hesitancy level to COVID vaccination was observed.•A…”
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Targeting endocytosis to sensitize cancer cells to programmed cell death
Published in Biochemical Society transactions (28-08-2024)“…Evading programmed cell death (PCD) is a hallmark of cancer that allows tumor cells to survive and proliferate unchecked. Endocytosis, the process by which…”
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Using web search query data to monitor dengue epidemics: a new model for neglected tropical disease surveillance
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-05-2011)“…A variety of obstacles including bureaucracy and lack of resources have interfered with timely detection and reporting of dengue cases in many endemic…”
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Associations of Salmonella hospitalizations with ambient temperature, humidity and rainfall in Hong Kong
Published in Environment international (01-11-2018)“…Little is known about the relationship between Salmonella infection and meteorological parameters other than air temperature. This study aimed to explore…”
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What are the health research needs for the Sendai Framework?
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (28-10-2017)“…There is an important opportunity to build coherence across different policy areas with the 2015-16 adoption of four landmark UN agreements-the Sendai…”
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Biliary tract cancers: understudied and poorly understood
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-06-2015)“…Biliary tract cancers are a heterogeneous group of cancers that arise in either the intra- or extrahepatic bile ducts or the gallbladder. Local therapy with…”
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Greater temperature variation within a day associated with increased emergency hospital admissions for asthma
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-02-2015)“…Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting both children and adults. Examining the health effects of environmental triggers such as…”
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Nivolumab monotherapy in recurrent metastatic urothelial carcinoma (CheckMate 032): a multicentre, open-label, two-stage, multi-arm, phase 1/2 trial
Published in The lancet oncology (01-11-2016)“…Summary Background Few effective treatments exist for patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma that has progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy. We…”
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Hospital admissions as a function of temperature, other weather phenomena and pollution levels in an urban setting in China
Published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization (01-08-2013)“…To explore the relationship between weather phenomena and pollution levels and daily hospital admissions (as an approximation to morbidity patterns) in Hong…”
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The role of the hotel industry in the response to emerging epidemics: a case study of SARS in 2003 and H1N1 swine flu in 2009 in Hong Kong
Published in Globalization and health (27-11-2018)“…The global travel and tourism industry has been rapidly expanding in the past decades. The traditional focus on border screening, and by airline and cruise…”
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The effect of temperature on physical activity: an aggregated timeseries analysis of smartphone users in five major Chinese cities
Published in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity (14-06-2022)“…Physical activity is an important factor in premature mortality reduction, non-communicable disease prevention, and well-being protection. Climate change will…”
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Short-term association between ambient temperature and acute myocardial infarction hospitalizations for diabetes mellitus patients: A time series study
Published in PLoS medicine (17-07-2018)“…Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the leading cause of death among people with diabetes mellitus (DM) and has been found to occur more frequently with…”
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A study of the short-term associations between hospital admissions and mortality from heart failure and meteorological variables in Hong Kong: Weather and heart failure in Hong Kong
Published in International journal of cardiology (01-02-2017)“…Previous research has shown winter peaks for both hospitalizations and mortality from HF, but few studies have examined the association between meteorological…”
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The Tsinghua–Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (26-05-2018)“…Non-communicable diseases have replaced infectious diseases as the leading cause of death among urban residents; the percentage of years of life lost because…”
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Long term mental health trajectories after disasters and pandemics: A multilingual systematic review of prevalence, risk and protective factors
Published in Clinical psychology review (01-11-2022)“…The patterns of long-term psychological response after disasters and pandemics remain unclear. We aimed to determine the trajectories for post-traumatic stress…”
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