Occupational and environmental health

Specific topics

• Air pollution and health

• Environmental noise

• Occupational deafness

• Silicosis

• Ergonomics

• Dioxin exposure

• Small area studies of disease mortalities and cancer incidence

Grants

RGC Grant

• Silicosis and lung cancer (Prof. Yu & Prof Wong)

HSRC Grant

• Occupational noise in the catering and entertainment industry (Prof Yu & Prof. Wong)

Occupational Safety and Health Council Grant

• Hearing loss among workers in the transport industry (Prof. Wong & Prof. Yu)

Environmental Protection Department Tenders for Services

• Air pollution and hospital admissions (Prof. Wong & Prof Yu)

• Air pollution and community morbidities (Prof. Wong & Prof. Yu)

• Review on non-auditory health effects of environmental noise (Prof. Wong & Prof. Yu)

Environmental Conservation Fund

• Dioxin in breast milk of Hong Kong mothers (Prof. Wong & others)

Recent Representative Publications

1. Wong TW, Tam WS, Yu TS, Wong AHS.  Associations of daily respiratory and cardiovascular mortalities and air pollution in Hong Kong, China.  Occup Environ Med 2002;59:30-35. 

2. Wong TW, Yu TS, Wang XR, Robinson P.  Predicted maximal oxygen uptake  in normal Hong Kong Chinese schoolchildren and those with respiratory diseases.  Pediatric Pulmonology 2001;31(2):126-132.

3. Yu TS, Wong TW, Wang XR, Song H, Wong SL, Tang JL.  Adverse effects of low-level air pollution on respiratory health of school children in Hong Kong.  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001;43:310-16

4. Wong TW, Lau TS, Yu TS, Neller A, Wong SL, Tam W, Pang SW.  Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong.  Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1999;56(10): 679-683.

5. Wong TW, Wun YT, Yu TS, Tam WS, Wong CM, Wong AHS.  Air pollution and GP consultations for respiratory illnesses. J Epidemiol Comm Health, accepted, April 2002.

Contact

E-mail: twwong@cuhk.edu.hk