Impact of air pollution on the burden of chronic respiratory diseases in China: time for urgent action

WJ Guan, XY Zheng, KF Chung, NS Zhong - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
In China, where air pollution has become a major threat to public health, public awareness
of the detrimental effects of air pollution on respiratory health is increasing—particularly in …

Effectiveness of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines against the Delta variant infection in Guangzhou: a test-negative case–control real-world study

…, QL Jing, CH Zhang, PZ Qin, WJ Guan… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The effectiveness of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines against the Delta variant, which has
been associated with greater transmissibility and virulence, remains unclear. We conducted …

[HTML][HTML] Association between air pollution and cardiovascular mortality in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Zhao, HR Liang, FY Chen, Z Chen, WJ Guan, JH Li - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Air pollutant levels in many Chinese cities remained significantly higher than the upper limits
stated in World Health Organization guidelines. In light of limited evidence in China, we …

Effect of thickness on structural, electrical, and optical properties of ZnO: Al films deposited by pulsed laser deposition

BZ Dong, GJ Fang, JF Wang, WJ Guan… - Journal of Applied …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
To evaluate the influence of thickness on structural, electrical, and optical properties of ZnO:
Al (AZO) films, a set of polycrystalline AZO samples with different thicknesses were …

A novel maternal lineage revealed in sheep (Ovis aries)

J Guo, LX Du, YH Ma, WJ Guan, HB Li… - Animal …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
It is generally believed that domestic sheep have two maternal lineages (haplotypes A and B),
based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. In the present study, we provide evidence that a …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogen/oxygen mixed gas inhalation improves disease severity and dyspnea in patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 in a recent multicenter, open-label …

WJ Guan, CH Wei, AL Chen, XC Sun… - Journal of Thoracic …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Recently, we conducted an open-label multicenter clinical trial, between January 21
st and March 23 rd, 2020, among patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from seven …

On the spontaneous encapsulation of proteins in carbon nanotubes

Y Kang, YC Liu, Q Wang, JW Shen, T Wu, WJ Guan - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
Biomolecules–carbon nanotube (CNT) interactions are of great importance in CNT-based
drug delivery systems and biomedical devices. In this study, a spontaneous encapsulation of a …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies and advances in combating COVID-19 in China

W Liu, WJ Guan, NS Zhong - Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)—the third in a series of coronavirus infections—has
caused a global public health event in the 21st century, resulting in substantial global …

Glucose biosensor based on multi-wall carbon nanotubes and screen printed carbon electrodes

WJ Guan, Y Li, YQ Chen, XB Zhang, GQ Hu - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper describes a disposable electrochemical biosensor for glucose monitoring. The
sensor was based on multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) immobilized with glucose …

Improved synthetic aperture focusing technique with applications in high-frequency ultrasound imaging

ML Li, WJ Guan, PC Li - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… Wei-Jung Guan received the BS degree in Physics and the MS degree in Applied Physics
from National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC, in 1998 and 2000, respectively. …