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Joseph Lau

Researcher at The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Publications -  1113
Citations -  108789

Joseph Lau is an academic researcher from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Men who have sex with men. The author has an hindex of 140, co-authored 1048 publications receiving 99305 citations. Previous affiliations of Joseph Lau include Newton Wellesley Hospital & City University of New York.

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K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

TL;DR: In the early 1990s, the National Kidney Foundation (K/DOQI) developed a set of clinical practice guidelines to define chronic kidney disease and to classify stages in the progression of kidney disease.
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National kidney foundation practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification

TL;DR: The goal is to disseminate the simple definition and five-stage classification system of Chronic kidney disease, to summarize the major recommendations on early detection of chronic kidney disease in adults, and to consider some of the issues associated with these recommendations.
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Quantitative Synthesis in Systematic Reviews

TL;DR: A stepwise description of the tasks that are performed when statistical methods are used to combine data and the question, Are the results of the different studies similar (homogeneous)?
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The Role of Vitamin D and Calcium in Type 2 Diabetes. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: Evidence from trials with vitamin D and/or calcium supplementation suggests that combined Vitamin D and calcium supplementation may have a role in the prevention of type 2 DM only in populations at high risk (i.e. glucose intolerance).