by Chan Tung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-102). / Abstract and questionnaire also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Chinese abstract --- p.ii / Table of contents --- p.iii / Acknowledgment --- p.v / List of tables --- p.vi / List of figures --- p.vii / Glossary of terms and abbreviations --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Asthma epidemiology --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Aim of study --- p.3 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature review --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Definitions of asthma --- p.4 / Chapter 2.2 --- Questionnaire in asthma epidemiological surveys --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Asthma prevalence studies in Western populations --- p.9 / Chapter 2.4 --- Asthma prevalence studies in Hong Kong --- p.13 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Adult asthma --- p.14 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Childhood asthma --- p.15 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Asthma mortality --- p.17 / Chapter 2.5 --- Environmental risk factors of asthma --- p.17 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Allergens --- p.19 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Air pollution --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Environmental tobacco smoke --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Viral infections --- p.29 / Chapter 2.5.5 --- Dietary factors --- p.30 / Chapter 2.5.6 --- Allergen avoidance --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Epidemiological survey --- p.34 / Chapter 3.1 --- Subjects and methods --- p.34 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Subjects --- p.34 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Written questionnaire --- p.35 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Video questionnaire --- p.36 / Chapter 3.1.4 --- Bronchial hyperresponsiveness testing --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2 --- Results --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3 --- Discussion --- p.55 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Environmental survey --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1 --- Subjects and methods --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Subjects --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Questionnaire survey --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Allergen sampling --- p.64 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results --- p.68 / Chapter 4.3 --- Discussion --- p.73 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Overall discussion and conclusions --- p.81 / References --- p.85 / Appendix

Fung, Kit Ching. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-144). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese. / Some appendixes in Chinese.