PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

M J Colbourne

Publications and source records attributed to M J Colbourne.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1982

Primary health care.

Explore the source record for details and available documents.

Allied Health Personnel↗
PubMed1980

HBV markers in Chinese in Hong Kong.

A study was carried out on 779 hospital patients in the Orthopaedic and Paediatric Unit of Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Patients who had no clinical evidence of liver disease, previous history of transfusion with blood or blood products and no major surgery in the past were entered into the study. Markers of previous exposure to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) were HBsAg, anti-HBc and anti-HBs (radioimmunoassay) were done. The results showed that (a) Chinese living in Hong Kong are exposed to HBV infection throughout life (b) horizontal transmission is the dominant mode of transmission and (c) cpronic HBsAg carriers probably do not carry HBV for life but may clear HBs antigenaemia with age.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Bronchial cancer in Hong Kong 1976-1977.

Bronchial cancer is a disease of high and increasing annual incidence in Hong Kong, especially in women, whose age-specific death rates from this cause are amongst the highest in the world. A case-control study of the relationship of bronchial cancer with smoking was carried out during 1976--77, taking particular note of the histological type of the tumour. Two hundred and eight male and 189 female patients were interviewed, covering about half the total number of cases of bronchial cancer registered as dead from the disease in Hong Kong during the period of the survey. The association with smoking was more evident in males than in females, and in squamous and small-cell types, as a group, than in adenocarcinoma. Forty-four per cent of the women with bronchial cancer were non-smokers, their predominant tumour being adenocarcinoma, and in them on association could be detected with place of residence or occupation. There was no strong evidence of an association with the use of kerosene or gas for cooking; 23 did not use kerosene. The cause of the cancer in these non-smoking women remains unknown.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1979

Bronchial cancer in Hong Kong, 1976-77: a preliminary report.

A case-control study of the relationship of bronchial cancer to smoking was conducted during 1976-77 in Hong Kong, in which we took particular note of the histologic type of the tumor. A total of 132 male and 111 female patients were interviewed. The association with smoking was more evident in males than it was in females, and squamous and small-cell type carcinomas, as a group, appeared to be more closely associated with smoking than did adenocarcinomas and large cell tumors. Of the women with bronchial carcinoma, 44% were nonsmokers; 79% of their tumors were adenocarcinomas or large cell carcinomas. For the women in this group, no association could be detected with place of residence, occupation, or use of kerosene for cooking.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1969

Kwok's quease.

Explore the source record for details and available documents.

Adult↗