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Exercise interventions: defusing the world's osteoporosis time bomb by KAI MING CHAN, ANDERSON, Mary, LAU, Edith M. C

“…Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, affecting millions of people worldwide. The associated health care costs are growing in parallel with increases…”
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Combating osteoporosis in Asia by Lau, Edith M.C

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Associated factors and health impact of sarcopenia in older chinese men and women: a cross-sectional study by Lee, Jenny S W, Auyeung, Tung-Wai, Kwok, Timothy, Lau, Edith M C, Leung, Ping-Chung, Woo, Jean

“…Sarcopenia is increasingly being recognized as a feature of frailty in old age and is associated with unfavorable health outcomes in Western populations…”
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Why is there a difference in facture rates between the East and the West by Lau, Edith M.C

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The effect of age on cardiovascular risk factors in Chinese women by Ko, Gary T.C, Chan, Juliana C.N, Woo, Jean, Lau, Edith M.C, Yeung, Vincent T.F, Chow, Chun-Chung, P.S. Wai, Hendena, Li, June K.Y, So, Wing-Yi, Cockram, Clive S

“…Chinese women traditionally have a low incidence of coronary heart disease. However, information on cardiovascular risk factors in this population are…”
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Nutrition and osteoporosis by Lau, E M, Woo, J

“…Nutritional factors have a significant influence on the cause of osteoporosis. Calcium supplementation may be particularly effective in populations with a low…”
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The seasonality of hip fracture and its relationship with weather conditions in New South Wales by Lau, E M, Gillespie, B G, Valenti, L, O'Connell, D

“…The seasonal pattern in hip fracture rates and its relationship to weather variables was studied using hospital admission data for New South Wales. There was a…”
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Vertebral bone mineral density, marrow perfusion, and fat content in healthy men and men with osteoporosis: dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging and MR spectroscopy by Griffith, James F, Yeung, David K W, Antonio, Gregory E, Lee, Francis K H, Hong, Athena W L, Wong, Samuel Y S, Lau, Edith M C, Leung, Ping Chung

“…To prospectively use hydrogen 1 (1H) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy and dynamic contrast material-enhanced MR imaging to measure vertebral body marrow…”
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Transmission Dynamics of the Etiological Agent of SARS in Hong Kong: Impact of Public Health Interventions by Riley, Steven, Fraser, Christophe, Donnelly, Christl A., Ghani, Azra C., Abu-Raddad, Laith J., Hedley, Anthony J., Leung, Gabriel M., Ho, Lai-Ming, Lam, Tai-Hing, Thach, Thuan Q., Chau, Patsy, Chan, King-Pan, Lo, Su-Vui, Leung, Pak-Yin, Tsang, Thomas, Ho, William, Lee, Koon-Hung, Edith M. C. Lau, Ferguson, Neil M., Anderson, Roy M.

“…We present an analysis of the first 10 weeks of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in Hong Kong. The epidemic to date has been characterized…”
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Epidemiological determinants of spread of causal agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong by Donnelly, Christl A, Ghani, Azra C, Leung, Gabriel M, Hedley, Anthony J, Fraser, Christophe, Riley, Steven, Abu-Raddad, Laith J, Ho, Lai-Ming, Thach, Thuan-Quoc, Chau, Patsy, Chan, King-Pan, Lam, Tai-Hing, Tse, Lai-Yin, Tsang, Thomas, Liu, Shao-Haei, Kong, James HB, Lau, Edith MC, Ferguson, Neil M, Anderson, Roy M

“…Health authorities worldwide, especially in the Asia Pacific region, are seeking effective public-health interventions in the continuing epidemic of severe…”
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Factors associated with the lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density in older men by CAULEY, Jane A, PULLMAN, Robin L, STONE, Katie L, ZMUDA, Joseph M, BAUER, Douglas C, BARRETT-CONNOR, Elizabeth, ENSRUD, Kristine, LAU, Edith M. C, ORWOLL, Eric S

“…Bone mass is a major determinant of fracture, but there have been few comprehensive studies of the correlates of bone mineral density (BMD) in older men. The…”
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Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Sarcopenia in Elderly Chinese Men and Women by Lau, Edith M. C., Lynn, Henry S. H., Woo, Jean W., Kwok, Timothy C. Y., Melton, L. Joseph

“…Background. Several studies have documented the substantial health and economic burdens associated with sarcopenia among the elderly, but there has been no…”
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Initial observations of Jinhua Qinggan Granules, a Chinese medicine, in the mitigation of hospitalization and mortality in high-risk elderly with COVID-19 infection: A retrospective study in an old age home in Hong Kong by Lin, Timothy P. H., Lau, Edith M. C., Wan, Kelvin H., Zhong, Linda, Leung, Enne, Ko, Chung Nga, Lu, Aiping, Shah, Muhammad R., Bian, Zhaoxiang, Lam, Dennis S. C.

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Bone marrow diffusion in osteoporosis: Evaluation with quantitative MR diffusion imaging by Yeung, David K. W., Wong, Samuel Y.S., Griffith, James F., Lau, Edith M.C.

“…Purpose To determine the diffusion of vertebral body marrow with quantitative MR diffusion imaging and to examine whether differences exist between subjects…”
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Depression and bone mineral density: is there a relationship in elderly Asian men? Results from Mr. Os (Hong Kong) by WONG, Samuel Y. S, LAU, Edith M. C, LYNN, Henry, LEUNG, P. C, WOO, Jean, CUMMINGS, Steve R, ORWOLL, Eric

“…Previous epidemiological study has suggested that depression might be associated with low bone mass in Caucasian women. This has not been studied in Asian men…”
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Visual Functioning and Quality of Life among the Elderly in Hong Kong by Leung, Jason C.S., Kwok, Timothy C.Y., Chan, Dicken C.C., Yuen, Kay W.K., Kwok, Anthony W.L., Choy, Dicky T.K., Lau, Edith M.C., Leung, P.C.

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Vitamin D Receptor 3′ Haplotypes Are Unequally Expressed in Primary Human Bone Cells and Associated With Increased Fracture Risk: The MrOS Study in Sweden and Hong Kong by Grundberg, Elin, Lau, Edith MC, Pastinen, Tomi, Kindmark, Andreas, Nilsson, Olof, Ljunggren, Östen, Mellström, Dan, Orwoll, Eric, Redlund‐Johnell, Inga, Holmberg, Anna, Gurd, Scott, Leung, Ping Chung, Kwok, Timothy, Ohlsson, Claes, Mallmin, Hans, Brändström, Helena

“…The VDR is a prime candidate gene for osteoporosis. Here, we studied three common VDR haplotypes in relation to bone phenotypes in 5014 participants of the…”
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Visual functioning and quality of life among the older people in Hong Kong by Leung, Jason C. S., Kwok, Timothy C. Y., Chan, Dicken C. C., Yuen, Kay W. K., Kwok, Anthony W. L., Choy, Dicky T. K., Lau, Edith M. C., Leung, P. C.

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine the association of visual functioning and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) among the older community in Hong Kong…”
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The epidemiology of osteoporosis. The oriental perspective in a world context by Lau, E M, Cooper, C

“…In the past 3 decades, the incidence of osteoporotic hip fracture increased in Hong Kong Chinese by 2-fold to reach an incidence of approximately 10 per 1000…”
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EFFECTS OF STRENGTH TRAINING ON BODY COMPOSITION AND BONE MINERAL CONTENT IN CHILDREN WHO ARE OBESE by YU, CLARE C.W., SUNG, RITA Y.T., SO, RAYMOND C.H., LUI, KAM-CHI, LAU, WINNIE, LAM, PEGGO K.W., LAU, EDITH M.C.

“…The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that strength training benefits diet-controlled obese children with respect to lean mass and bone mineral…”
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