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PUBLICATIONS OF CHAPTER MEMBERS (MEDLINE) YEAR 2002

CHRONIC DISEASE

1. Cheah J, Emmanuel SC, Heng BH. Chronic disease management: challenges for clinicians and the way forward. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Jul;31(4):413-4.

2. Emmanuel SC, Lam SL, Chew SK, Tan BY. A countrywide approach to the control of non-communicable diseases--the Singapore experience. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Jul;31(4):474-8.

3. Lai FM, Woo BH, Tan KH, Huang J, Lee ST, Yan TB, Tan BH, Chew SK, Yeo GS. Birth prevalence of Down syndrome in Singapore from 1993 to 1998. Singapore Med J. 2002 Feb;43(2):070-6.

4. Tan NC, Chow MH, Goh P, Goh LG, Lim TK. Primary care doctors' practice in the management of adult asthma patients. Singapore Med J. 2002 Feb;43(2):061-6.

5. Lee LH, Gu KQ, Heng D. Deep vein thrombosis is not rare in Asia--the Singapore General Hospital experience. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Nov;31(6):761-4.

6. Lim MK. Singapore's medical savings accounts--beyond rhetoric and doctrine to "what works": a response from Singapore. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2002 Apr;27(2):302-4.

7. Lim MK. Response to bioterrorism. Terror weapons are regarded as weapons of mass destruction. BMJ. 2002 Feb 9;324(7333):362-3.

8. Ng KK, Lim HC, Ng FC, Li MK, Consigliere D, Chia SJ, Moorthy P, Munisamy M. The use of sildenafil in patients with erectile dysfunction in relation to diabetes mellitus--a study of 1,511 patients. Singapore Med J. 2002 Aug;43(8):387-90.

9. Wang DY, Niti M, Smith JD, Yeoh KH, Ng TP. Rhinitis: do diagnostic criteria affect the prevalence and treatment? Allergy. 2002 Feb;57(2):150-4.

10. Ong KC, Loo CM, Ong YY, Chan SP, Earnest A, Saw SM. Predictive values for cardiopulmonary exercise testing in sedentary Chinese adults. Respirology. 2002 Sep;7(3):225-31.

11. Hock MO, Ooi SB, Saw SM, Lim SH. A randomized controlled trial comparing the hair apposition technique with tissue glue to standard suturing in scalp lacerations (HAT study). Ann Emerg Med. 2002 Jul;40(1):19-26.

12. Chim H, Tan BH, Ang CC, Chew EM, Chong YS, Saw SM. The prevalence of menopausal symptoms in a community in Singapore. Maturitas. 2002 Apr 25;41(4):275-82.

13. Deurenberg-Yap M, Deurenberg P. Validity of deuterium oxide dilution for the measurement of body fat among Singaporeans. Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Sep;23(3 Suppl):34-7.

14. Deurenberg P, Deurenberg-Yap M, Guricci S. Asians are different from Caucasians and from each other in their body mass index/body fat per cent relationship. Obes Rev. 2002 Aug;3(3):141-6.

15. Deurenberg P, Deurenberg-Yap M, Schouten FJ. Validity of total and segmental impedance measurements for prediction of body composition across ethnic population groups. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2002 Mar;56(3):214-20.

16. Deurenberg P, Deurenberg-Yap M. Validation of skinfold thickness and hand-held impedance measurements for estimation of body fat percentage among Singaporean Chinese, Malay and Indian subjects. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2002;11(1):1-7.

OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

1. Yang Y, Koh D, Ng V, Lee CY, Chan G, Dong F, Goh SH, Anantharaman V, Chia SE. Self perceived work related stress and the relation with salivary IgA and lysozyme among emergency department nurses. Occup Environ Med. 2002 Dec;59(12):836-41.

2. Shi LM, Chia SE, Chan OY, Chew SK, Foong BH. Prevalence of birth defects and parental work in Singapore live births from 1994 to 1998: a population-based study. Occup Med (Lond). 2002 Sep;52(6):325-31.

3. Koh D, Yang Y, Ng V, Chia SE. Stress, mucosal immunity, upper respiratory tract infections, and sickness absence. J Occup Environ Med. 2002 Nov;44(11):987-8.

4. Ong CN, Shen HM, Chia SE. Biomarkers for male reproductive health hazards: are they available? Toxicol Lett. 2002 Aug 5;134(1-3):17-30.

5. Lee J, Koh D, Andijani M, Saw SM, Munoz C, Chia SE, Wong ML, Hong CY, Ong CN. Effluents from a pulp and paper mill: a skin and health survey of children living in upstream and downstream villages. Occup Environ Med. 2002 Jun;59(6):373-9.

6. Shen HM, Dai J, Chia SE, Lim A, Ong CN. Detection of apoptotic alterations in sperm in subfertile patients and their correlations with sperm quality. Hum Reprod. 2002 May;17(5):1266-73.

7. Chia SE, Shi LM. Review of recent epidemiological studies on paternal occupations and birth defects. Occup Environ Med. 2002 Mar;59(3):149-55.

8. Loh TH, Leow YH, Gan SL, Goh CL. Prognosis of occupational dermatosis.
Contact Dermatitis. 2002 Sep;47(3):166.

9. Lim MK. Cosmic rays: are air crew at risk? Occup Environ Med. 2002 Jul;59(7):428-32.

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

1. Venketasubramanian N, Chan BP, Lim E, Hafizah N, Goh KT, Lew YJ, Loo L, Yin A, Widjaja L, Loke WC, Kuick G, Lee NL, Ong BS, Koh SF, Heng BH, Cheah J. Stroke disease management--a framework for comprehensive stroke care. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Jul;31(4):452-60.

2. Lim SC, Tan BY, Chew SK, Tan CE. The relationship between insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight/obese non-diabetic Asian adults: the 1992 Singapore National Health Survey. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2002 Nov;26(11):1511-6.

3. Kam R, Cutter J, Chew SK, Tan A, Emmanuel S, Mak KH, Chan CN, Koh TH, Lim YL. Gender differences in outcome after an acute myocardial infarction in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2002 May;43(5):243-8.

4. Deurenbery-Yap M, Chew SK, Deurenberg P. Elevated body fat percentage and cardiovascular risks at low body mass index levels among Singaporean Chinese, Malays and Indians. Obes Rev. 2002 Aug;3(3):209-15.

5. Tan AT, Emmanuel SC, Tan BY, Teo WS, Chua TS, Tan BH. Myocardial infarction in Singapore: a nationwide 10-year study of multiethnic differences in incidence and mortality. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Jul;31(4):479-86.

6. Lim FS, Toh MP, Emmanuel SC, Chan SP, Lim G. A preliminary evaluation of a disease management programme for patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension in a primary healthcare setting. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Jul;31(4):431-9.

7. Hughes K, Lee BL, Feng X, Lee J, Ong CN. Coenzyme Q10 and differences in coronary heart disease risk in Asian Indians and Chinese. Free Radic Biol Med. 2002 Jan 15;32(2):132-8.

8. Ng KK, Lim HC, Ng FC, Li MK, Consigliere D, Chia SJ, Moorthy P, Munisamy M. A case of broken heart from blunt trauma. Singapore Med J. 2002 Aug;43(8):423-5.

9. Tan NC, Venketasubramanian N, Saw SM, Tjia HT. Hyperhomocyst(e)inemia and risk of ischemic stroke among young Asian adults. Stroke. 2002 Aug;33(8):1956-62.

10. Chan LL, Khoo, JB, Thng CH, Lim WE, Tay KH, Tan EK, Chang HM, Chen C, Wong MC, Tan KP. Diffusion weighted MR imaging in acute stroke: the SGH experience. Singapore Med J. 2002 Mar;43(3):118-23.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

1. Chui P, Chew SK. Appropriateness of Singapore's HIV/AIDS control programme. Lancet. 2002 Dec 14;360(9349):1982.

2. Koh WP, Taylor MB, Hughes K, Chew SK, Fong CW, Phoon MC, Kang KL, Chow VT. Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against Chlamydia pneumoniae in Chinese, Malays and Asian Indians in Singapore. Int J Epidemiol. 2002 Oct;31(5):1001-7.

3. Lee MA, Tan CH, Aw LT, Tang CS, Singh M, Lee SH, Chia HP, Yap EP. Real-time fluorescence-based PCR for detection of malaria parasites. Clin Microbiol. 2002 Nov;40(11):4343-5.

4. Oon CJ, Chen WN, Goh KT, Mesenas S, Ng HS, Chiang G, Tan C, Koh S, Teng SW, Toh I, Mob MC, Goo KS, Tan K,Leong AL, Tan GS. Molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus surface antigen mutants in Singapore patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and hepatitis B virus carriers negative for HBsAg but positive for anti-HBs and anti-HBc. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2002 Dec;17 Suppl:S491-6.

5. Chan KP, Rollin PE, Ksjazek TG, Leo YS, Goh KT, Paton NI, Sng EH, Ling AE. A survey of Nipah virus infection among various risk groups in Singapore. Epidemiol Infect. 2002 Feb;128(1):93-8.

6. Ling ML, Goh KT, Wang GC, Neo KS, Chua T. An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhimurium, DT104L linked to dried anchovy in Singapore. Epidemiol Infect. 2002 Feb;128(1):1-5.

7. Ng TP, Pwee KH, Niti M, Goh LG. Influenza in Singapore: assessing the burden of illness in the community. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Mar;31(2):182-8.

8. Wong ML, Chan RK, Koh D. Promoting condoms for oral sex: impact on pharyngeal gonorrhea among female brothel-based sex workers. Sex Transm Dis. 2002 Jun;29(6):311-8.

9. Chang SF, Ngoh-Lim GH, Kueh LF, Oin QW, Seng EK, Sin YM. Initial investigations into two viruses isolated from marine food fish in Singapore. Vet Rec. 2002 Jan 5;150(1):15-6.

HEALTH PROMOTION

1. Toh CM, Chew SK, Tan CC. Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Singapore: a review of national health promotion programmes. Singapore Med J. 2002 Jul;43(7):333-9.

2. Toh CM, Cutter J, Chew SK. School based intervention has reduced obesity in Singapore. BMJ. 2002 Feb 16;324(7334):427.

3. Wong ML. Can social marketing be applied to leprosy programmes? Lepr Rev. 2002 Dec;73(4):308-18.

4. Wong ML. Evidence-based health promotion: applying it in practice. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Sep;31(5):656-62.

CANCER

1. Chia KS, Lee JJ, Wong JL, Gao W, Lee HP, Shanmugaratman K. Cancer incidence in Singapore, 1998 to 1999. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2002 Nov;31(6):745-50.

2. Gao F, Chia KS, Ng FC, Ng EH, Machin D. Interval cancers following breast cancer screening in Singaporean women. Int J Cancer. 2002 Oct 10;101(5):475-9.

3. Lee J, Wang H, Chia KS, Koh D, Hughes K. The effect of being overweight on cancer incidence and all-cause mortality in Asians: a prospective study in Singapore. Int J Epidemiol. 2002 Aug;31(4):875-6.

4. Du WB, Chia KS, Sankaranarayanan R, Sankila R, Seow A, Lee HP. Population-based survival analysis of colorectal cancer patients in Singapore, 1968-1992. Int J Cancer. 2002 May 20;99(3):460-5.

5. Seow A, Poh WT, Teh M, Eng P, Wang YT, Tan WC, Chia KS, Yu MC, Lee HP. Diet, reproductive factors and lung cancer risk among Chinese women in Singapore: evidence for a protective effect of soy in nonsmokers. Int J Cancer. 2002 Jan 20;97(3):365-71.

6. Soh LT, Heng D, Lee IW, Ho TH, Hui KM. The relevance of oncogenes as prognostic markers in cervical cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2002 Sep-Oct;12(5):465-74.

7. Seow A, Yuan JM, Sun CL, Van Den Berg D, Lee HP, Yu MC. Dietary isothiocyanates, glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms and colorectal cancer risk in the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Carcinogenesis. 2002 Dec;23(12):2055-61.

8. Sun CL, Yuan JM, Arakawa K, Low SH, Lee HP, Yu MC. Dietary soy and increased risk of bladder cancer: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Dec;11(12):1674-7.

9. Wu AH, Stanczvk FZ, Seow A, Lee HP, Yu MC. Soy intake and other lifestyle determinants of serum estrogen levels among postmenopausal Chinese women in Singapore. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Sep;11(9):844-51.

10. Jakes RW, Duffy SW, Ng FC, Gao F, Ng EH, Seow A, Lee HP, Yu MC.. Mammographic parenchymal patterns and self-reported soy intake in Singapore Chinese women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Jul;11(7):608-13.

11. Lee J, Seow A, Ling SL, Peng LH. Improving adherence to regular pap smear screening among Asian women: a population-based study in Singapore. Health Educ Behav. 2002 Apr;29(2):207-18.

12. Seow A, Quah SR, Nyam D, Straughan PT, Chua T, Aw TC. Food groups and the risk of colorectal carcinoma in an Asian population. Cancer. 2002 Dec 1;95(11):2390-6.

EYE

1. Saw SM, Carkeet A, Chia KS, Stone RA, Tan DT. Component dependent risk factors for ocular parameters in Singapore Chinese children. Ophthalmology. 2002 Nov;109(11):2065-71.

2. Tong L, Saw SM, Tan D, Chia KS, Chan WY, Carkeet A, Chua WH, Hong CY. Sensitivity and specificity of visual acuity screening for refractive errors in school children. Optom Vis Sci. 2002 Oct;79(10):650-7.

3. Saw SM, Chua WH, Hong CY, Wu HM, Chia KS, Stone RA, Tan D. Height and its relationship to refraction and biometry parameters in Singapore Chinese children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002 May;43(5):1408-13.

4. Saw SM, Chua WH, Hong CY, Wu HM, Chan WY, Chia KS, Stone RA, Tan D. Nearwork in early-onset myopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002 Feb;43(2):332-9.

5. Gazzard G, Saw SM, Farook M, Koh D, Widjaja D, Chia SE, Hong CY, Tan DT. Pterygium in Indonesia: prevalence, severity and risk factors. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Dec;86(12):1341-6.

6. Lee AJ, Lee J, Saw SM, Gazzard G, Koh D, WIdjaja D, Tan DT. Prevalence and risk factors associated with dry eye symptoms: a population based study in Indonesia. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Dec;86(12):1347-51.

7. Saw SM, Gazzard G, Koh D, Farook M, Widjaja D, Lee J, Tan DT. Prevalence rates of refractive errors in Sumatra, Indonesia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002 Oct;43(10):3174-80.

8. Seah SK, Wong TY, Foster PJ, Ng TP, Johnson GJ. Prevalence of lens opacity in Chinese residents of Singapore: the tanjong pagar survey. Ophthalmology. 2002 Nov;109(11):2058-64.

9. Saw SM, Gazzard G, Au Eong KG, Tan DT. Myopia: attempts to arrest progression.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Nov;86(11):1306-11.

10. Tong L, Saw SM, Carkeet A, Chan WY, Wu HM, Tan D. Prevalence rates and epidemiological risk factors for astigmatism in Singapore school children. Optom Vis Sci. 2002 Sep;79(9):606-13.

11. Carkeet A, Luo HD, Tong L, Saw SM, Tan DT. Refractive error and monochromatic aberrations in Singaporean children. Vision Res. 2002 Jun;42(14):1809-24.

12. Saw SM, Zhang MZ, Hong RZ, Fu ZF, Pang MH, Tan DT. Near-work activity, night-lights, and myopia in the Singapore-China study. Arch Ophthalmol. 2002 May;120(5):620-7.

13. Saw SM, Tseng P, Chan WK, Chan TK, Ong SG, Tan D. Visual function and outcomes after cataract surgery in a Singapore population. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2002 Mar;28(3):445-53.

14. Saw SM, Shih-Yen EC, Koh A, Tan D. Interventions to retard myopia progression in children: an evidence-based update. Ophthalmology. 2002 Mar;109(3):415-21.

STATS

1. Gao F, Seah SK, Foster DJ, Chia KS, Machin D. Angular regression and the detection of the seasonal onset of disease. J Cancer Epidemiol Prev. 2002;7(1):29-35.