Chit Ming Wong

Biographic Data

ID5538356
NAMEChit Ming Wong
GIVEN NAMESChit Ming
FAMILY NAMEWong
SIGNATUREWONG C M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Hong Kong
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX1

  • Quantifying the burden of disease due to premature mortality in Hong Kong using standard expected years of life lost

    Open AccessDietrich Plaß, Patsy Y K Chau et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The study stresses the mortality impact of diseases and injuries that occur in earlier stages of life and thus presents the SEYLL measure as a more sensitive indicator compared to classical mortality indicators. SEYLL provide useful additional information and supplement available death statistics

  • Effectiveness and Efficiency of Opportunistic Cervical Cancer Screening

    P Adab, Sarah M Mcghee et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2004References: 43

    BACKGROUND: Several countries have adopted nationally organized cervical screening programs, but many continue with opportunistic screening. Comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of the 2 systems is important for informing policy. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of an opportunistic cervical screening system, and to compare this with what could be achieved through an organized progr…

  • Passive smoking at work

    Sarah M Mcghee, Pemane Adab et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2000Cited by: 2References: 16

    STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the impact of passive smoking at work on use of health care services and absenteeism. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey. SETTING: A workforce in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS: 5142 never-smoking police officers in a total sample of 9926. MAIN RESULTS: A consistently strong association was found among men between length of time exposed to passive smoking at work and self reported consultations with a doctor, use of medicines an…

  • Comparison between two districts of the effects of an air pollution intervention on bronchial responsiveness in primary school children in Hong Kong

    Chit Ming Wong, Th Lam et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1998References: 20

    STUDY OBJECTIVE: This study examined the impact on children's respiratory health of a government air quality intervention that restricted the sulphur content of fuels to 0.5% from July 1990 onwards. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: This study examined the changes, one and two years after the introduction of the intervention, in airway hyperreactivity of non-asthmatic and non-wheezing, primary 4, 5, and 6, school children aged 9-12 years living in a p…

  • Economic burden of environmental tobacco smoke on Hong Kong families

    J Peters, C J McCabe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1998References: 11

    STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the financial cost of doctor consultations for cough, phlegm, and wheeze in children living in a home where family members smoke compared with those not exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. To model these costs to provide the Territory of Hong Kong with estimates of potentially avoidable health care resource use. DESIGN: Cross sectional questionnaire survey. SUBJECTS AND SETTING: All children (10,615) in classes pri…

  • Recognition of cigarette brand names and logos by young children in Hong Kong

    J Peters, Jurriaan M Peters et al.ARTICLETobacco Control1995

    Objective-To examine the recognition of cigarette brand names and logos by Hong Kong primary school children. \nDesign - Cross-sectional survey with self-completed questionnaires examining smoking behaviour and recognition of 13 food, drink, cigarette, and toothpaste brand names and logos. Subjects - A total of 9591 primary school children (mean age =10.3; SD = 1.29) living in two districts of Hong Kong included in 1991 as part of a four-year res…