S Donnan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5555331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | S Donnan |
| GIVEN NAMES | S |
| FAMILY NAME | Donnan |
| SIGNATURE | DONNAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Major incidents in Britain over the past 28 years
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence and epidemiology of major incidents occurring in Britain over the past 28 years. METHODS: Major incidents were identified through a MEDLINE search, a hand search of journals and government reports at the Home Office Emergency Planning College, newspaper reports, a postal survey of ambulance emergency planning officers, and through requests for information posted on the internet. MAIN RESULTS: Brief inci…
Abortion, breast cancer, and impact factors--in this number and the last
In this numberAbortion, breast cancer, and impact factors -in this number and the last It is not an everyday occurrence for articles in this Journal to be discussed in national media.The paper in our last number by Brind and colleagues,' relating to breast cancer risk in women who have had an induced abortion, was the subject of intense interest in several countriesespecially Britain and the United States -even if briefly.The paper was a meta-ana…
Health services information and health services research from the British Isles to Europe to Asia, over 40 years
In this number and comment on historical article Health services information and health services research from the British Isles to Europe to Asia, over 40 years The British National Health Service began in 1948 and caused major changes in general practice as well as hospitals and in both health care and health information.In the early days of this Jrournal articles on the organisation of general practice and its information requirements frequent…
Years of Publishing Social and Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology and Community Health
50 years of publishing social and preventive medicine and epidemiology and community health Fifty years ago a multidisciplinary group of professionals dedicated to promoting "social medicine" established this Journal with the support of the BM7.For the first four volumes, the British J7ournal of Social Medicine (as it was first called) had on the equivalent of its editorial board . . . . .<
Influence of socioeconomic status on cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to explore the relationships between five socioeconomic variables and three main cardiovascular diseases (ischaemic heart disease, hypertensive disease, and cerebrovascular disease) in Hong Kong. DESIGN--This cross sectional study used data from the 1986 by-census and registered death data for 1985 to 1987 in Hong Kong. For each of 24 districts, the correlation coefficients between log standardised mortality ratios fo…
Psychosomatic symptoms, social support and self worth among the elderly in Hong Kong
A prospective study to test the relationship between social support and health outcomes among the 1000 elderly Chinese subjects aged 70+ is being carried out in a Hong Kong New Town. This paper reports on the study factors related to psychosomatic complaints based on the first phase cross sectional data. Logistic regression analysis shows that being female, living in institutions, having a low level of social support and a low level of self worth…
Maternal and child factors for reported child abuse among Chinese in Hong Kong
Trends in induced abortion in England and Wales
Analysis of routinely published abortion and fertility data for England and Wales between 1968 and 1980 shows that the age-specific abortion rates increased from 1968 until about 1973 when the rates peaked for all ages; rates then declined until 1977 but have subsequently returned to higher levels. Two factors are implicated: (1) the recent changes are related to parallel changes in the fertility rate; but (2) there is also a tendency for recent …
Mortality and cause of death in Down's syndrome
Mortality in sufferers from Down's syndrome over the age of 1 year in the 1970s was analysed using the Wessex Mental Handicap Register linked to the NHS Central Register. Of the 1045 subjects, 37 died during the period of the study; the standardised mortality ratio based on England and Wales mortality was 5.39. Mortality ratios were high between the ages of 1 and 14 compared with older ages. Bronchopneumonia and congenital heart disease were the …
Influence of socioeconomic status on cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to explore the relationships between five socioeconomic variables and three main cardiovascular diseases (ischaemic heart disease, hypertensive disease, and cerebrovascular disease) in Hong Kong. DESIGN--This cross sectional study used data from the 1986 by-census and registered death data for 1985 to 1987 in Hong Kong. For each of 24 districts, the correlation coefficients between log standardised mortality ratios fo…
Major incidents in Britain over the past 28 years
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence and epidemiology of major incidents occurring in Britain over the past 28 years. METHODS: Major incidents were identified through a MEDLINE search, a hand search of journals and government reports at the Home Office Emergency Planning College, newspaper reports, a postal survey of ambulance emergency planning officers, and through requests for information posted on the internet. MAIN RESULTS: Brief inci…
Psychosomatic symptoms, social support and self worth among the elderly in Hong Kong
A prospective study to test the relationship between social support and health outcomes among the 1000 elderly Chinese subjects aged 70+ is being carried out in a Hong Kong New Town. This paper reports on the study factors related to psychosomatic complaints based on the first phase cross sectional data. Logistic regression analysis shows that being female, living in institutions, having a low level of social support and a low level of self worth…
Trends in induced abortion in England and Wales
Analysis of routinely published abortion and fertility data for England and Wales between 1968 and 1980 shows that the age-specific abortion rates increased from 1968 until about 1973 when the rates peaked for all ages; rates then declined until 1977 but have subsequently returned to higher levels. Two factors are implicated: (1) the recent changes are related to parallel changes in the fertility rate; but (2) there is also a tendency for recent …
Mortality and cause of death in Down's syndrome
Mortality in sufferers from Down's syndrome over the age of 1 year in the 1970s was analysed using the Wessex Mental Handicap Register linked to the NHS Central Register. Of the 1045 subjects, 37 died during the period of the study; the standardised mortality ratio based on England and Wales mortality was 5.39. Mortality ratios were high between the ages of 1 and 14 compared with older ages. Bronchopneumonia and congenital heart disease were the …
Mortality and cause of death in Down's syndrome
Mortality in sufferers from Down's syndrome over the age of 1 year in the 1970s was analysed using the Wessex Mental Handicap Register linked to the NHS Central Register. Of the 1045 subjects, 37 died during the period of the study; the standardised mortality ratio based on England and Wales mortality was 5.39. Mortality ratios were high between the ages of 1 and 14 compared with older ages. Bronchopneumonia and congenital heart disease were the …
Trends in induced abortion in England and Wales
Analysis of routinely published abortion and fertility data for England and Wales between 1968 and 1980 shows that the age-specific abortion rates increased from 1968 until about 1973 when the rates peaked for all ages; rates then declined until 1977 but have subsequently returned to higher levels. Two factors are implicated: (1) the recent changes are related to parallel changes in the fertility rate; but (2) there is also a tendency for recent …
Maternal and child factors for reported child abuse among Chinese in Hong Kong
Psychosomatic symptoms, social support and self worth among the elderly in Hong Kong
A prospective study to test the relationship between social support and health outcomes among the 1000 elderly Chinese subjects aged 70+ is being carried out in a Hong Kong New Town. This paper reports on the study factors related to psychosomatic complaints based on the first phase cross sectional data. Logistic regression analysis shows that being female, living in institutions, having a low level of social support and a low level of self worth…
Influence of socioeconomic status on cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to explore the relationships between five socioeconomic variables and three main cardiovascular diseases (ischaemic heart disease, hypertensive disease, and cerebrovascular disease) in Hong Kong. DESIGN--This cross sectional study used data from the 1986 by-census and registered death data for 1985 to 1987 in Hong Kong. For each of 24 districts, the correlation coefficients between log standardised mortality ratios fo…
Abortion, breast cancer, and impact factors--in this number and the last
In this numberAbortion, breast cancer, and impact factors -in this number and the last It is not an everyday occurrence for articles in this Journal to be discussed in national media.The paper in our last number by Brind and colleagues,' relating to breast cancer risk in women who have had an induced abortion, was the subject of intense interest in several countriesespecially Britain and the United States -even if briefly.The paper was a meta-ana…
Health services information and health services research from the British Isles to Europe to Asia, over 40 years
In this number and comment on historical article Health services information and health services research from the British Isles to Europe to Asia, over 40 years The British National Health Service began in 1948 and caused major changes in general practice as well as hospitals and in both health care and health information.In the early days of this Jrournal articles on the organisation of general practice and its information requirements frequent…
Years of Publishing Social and Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology and Community Health
50 years of publishing social and preventive medicine and epidemiology and community health Fifty years ago a multidisciplinary group of professionals dedicated to promoting "social medicine" established this Journal with the support of the BM7.For the first four volumes, the British J7ournal of Social Medicine (as it was first called) had on the equivalent of its editorial board . . . . .<
Major incidents in Britain over the past 28 years
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To describe the incidence and epidemiology of major incidents occurring in Britain over the past 28 years. METHODS: Major incidents were identified through a MEDLINE search, a hand search of journals and government reports at the Home Office Emergency Planning College, newspaper reports, a postal survey of ambulance emergency planning officers, and through requests for information posted on the internet. MAIN RESULTS: Brief inci…
Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Demography (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Pathology (3 works) · Population (3 works)