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PUBLICATIONS: Year >> 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003   Year 2009 1: Ng TP, Feng L, Niti M, Kua EH, Yap KB Folate, vitamin B12, homocysteine, and depressive symptoms in a population sample of older Chinese adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 May;57(5):871-6 2: Nyunt MS, Fones C, Niti M, Ng TP Criterion-based validity and reliability of the Geriatric Depression Screening Scale (GDS-15) in a large validation sample of community-living Asian older adults. Aging Ment Health. 2009 May;13(3):376-82 3: Schwingel A, Niti MM, Tang C, Ng TP Continued work employment and volunteerism and mental well-being of older adults: Singapore longitudinal ageing studies. Age Ageing. 2009 May 27 4: Ng TP, Niti M, Zaw MH, Kua EH Depressive symptoms and incident cognitive impairment in cognitively well-functioning older men and women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Jun;57(6):1058-63 5: Chee MW, Chen KH, Zheng H, Chan KP, Isaac V, Sim SK, Chuah LY, Schuchinsky M, Fischl B, Ng TP Cognitive function and brain structure correlations in healthy elderly East Asians. Neuroimage. 2009 May 15;46(1):257-69 6: Ng TP, Broekman BF, Niti M, Gwee X, Kua EH Determinants of successful aging using a multidimensional definition among Chinese elderly in Singapore. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 May;17(5):407-16 7: Feng L, Yap KB, Kua EH, Ng TP Depressive symptoms, physician visits and hospitalization among community-dwelling older adults. Int Psychogeriatr. 2009 Jun;21(3):568-75 8: Nyunt MS, Ko SM, Kumar R, Fones CC, Ng TP Improving treatment access and primary care referrals for depression in a national community-based outreach programme for the elderly. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Mar 24 9: Feng L, Li J, Yap KB, Kua EH, Ng TP Vitamin B-12, apolipoprotein E genotype, and cognitive performance in community-living older adults: evidence of a gene-micronutrient interaction. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Apr;89(4):1263-8 10: Niti M, Yap KB, Kua EH, Ng TP APOE-epsilon4, depressive symptoms, and cognitive decline in Chinese older adults: Singapore Longitudinal Aging Studies. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Feb;64(2):306-11 11: Nyunt MS, Chiam PC, Kua EH, Ng TP Determinants of mental health service use in the national mental health survey of the elderly in Singapore. Clin Pract Epidemol Ment Health. 2009 Jan 19;5:2 12: Tan WC, Seale P, Ip M, Shim YS, Chiang CH, Ng TP, Abisheganadan J, Charoenratanakul S, DeGuia T, Mahayiddin A, Mangunnegoro H, Xu YJ, Zhong NS Trends in COPD mortality and hospitalizations in countries and regions of Asia-Pacific. Respirology. 2009 Jan;14(1):90-7 13: Ng TP, Niti M, Fones C, Yap KB, Tan WC Co-morbid association of depression and COPD: a population-based study. Respir Med. 2009 Jun;103(6):895-901 14: Soh KC, Kua EH, Ng TP Somatic and non-affective symptoms of old age depression: ethnic differences among Chinese, Indians and Malays. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Jul;24(7):723-30 15: Ng TP, Niti M, Feng L, Kua EH, Yap KB Albumin, apolipoprotein E-epsilon4 and cognitive decline in community-dwelling Chinese older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Jan;57(1):101-6 16: Merchant RA, Li B, Yap KB, Ng TP Use of drugs with anticholinergic effects and cognitive impairment in community-living older persons. Age Ageing. 2009 Jan;38(1):105-8 17: Tay WL, Yip GW, Tan PH, Matsumoto K, Yeo R, Ng TP, Kumar SD, Tsujimoto M, Bay BH Y-Box-binding protein-1 is a promising predictive marker of radioresistance and chemoradioresistance in nasopharyngeal cancer. Mod Pathol. 2009 Feb;22(2):282-90