"Hong Kong" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The former British crown colony located off the southeast coast of China, comprised of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, and New Territories. The three sites were ceded to the British by the Chinese respectively in 1841, 1860, and 1898. Hong Kong reverted to China in July 1997. The name represents the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese xianggang, fragrant port, from xiang, perfume and gang, port or harbor, with reference to its currents sweetened by fresh water from a river west of it.
| Descriptor ID |
D006723
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.252.474.164.450
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hong Kong" by people in Profiles.
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24-hour urine chemistry shows higher stone formation risk after malabsorptive than restrictive type bariatric surgery. Sci Rep. 2026 Jan 29; 16(1):6590.
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Iron Deficiency among School-Aged Adolescents in Hong Kong: Prevalence, Predictors, and Effects on Health-Related Quality of Life. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 01 31; 20(3).
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Epidemiology of Acute Myocarditis/Pericarditis in Hong Kong Adolescents Following Comirnaty Vaccination. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 09 10; 75(4):673-681.
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Preferences for chlamydia testing and management in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment. Sex Transm Infect. 2022 09; 98(6):408-413.
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Development of a scoring system to predict hepatocellular carcinoma in Asians on antivirals for chronic hepatitis B. J Hepatol. 2018 08; 69(2):278-285.
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Effects of Helicobacter pylori Treatment on Incidence of Gastric Cancer in Older Individuals. Gastroenterology. 2018 07; 155(1):67-75.
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Perception of Cantonese Lexical Tones by Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2018 01 22; 61(1):174-185.
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Item response modeling: a psychometric assessment of the children's fruit, vegetable, water, and physical activity self-efficacy scales among Chinese children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017 09 16; 14(1):126.
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New predictors of complications in carotid body tumor resection. J Vasc Surg. 2017 06; 65(6):1673-1679.
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Is pain from mammography reduced by the use of a radiolucent MammoPad? Local experience in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Med J. 2016 Jun; 22(3):210-5.