Ceylon Journal of Medical Science

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    A nutritional survey of various Ceylon communities
    (University of Ceylon. Colombo, 1949) Bibile, S.W.; Cullumbine, H.; Watson, R.S.; Wickremanayake, T.
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    A physical fitness survey of the peoples of Ceylon
    (University of Ceylon. Colombo, 1949) Cullumbine, H.
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    Food consumption behaviour of urban food stamp recipients in Sri Lanka
    (SLMA. Colombo, 1989) Hersi, D.; Abeysekera, W.A.T.; Wickramanayake, T.W.
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    Vitamin A and nutritional status of tea estate workers during pregnancy
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Atukorala, T.M.S.; Jayaekera, J.P.D.J.S.; Perera, R.S.
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    Auxology of Sri Lankan children, age 5 to 18 years 1.. height, weight and growth increments
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Amarasinghe, S.; Wikramanayake, T.W.
    Height and weight of 8,610 children, age 5 to 18 years, have been measured and their height and weight increments calculated. Differences in height and weights of the two major ethnic groups, Sinhalese and tamils were not significant. There were marked differences due to varying socio-ecomic-educational levels, especially in the age groups 5 to 10 years . There has been marked secular change in heights and weights during the past 50 years, the increase being more marked among the lower socio-economic groups than among the affluent.
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    Factors influencing the nutritional status of infants and pre-school children of the urban poor
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Wickramasinghe, N.; Gunawardena, D.G.; Wickramanayake, T.W.
    Morbidity and nutritional status of 200 children under 5 years of age, selected randomly from 19608families living in slum dwellings in the sity of Colombo have been related to their living conditions, per capita income of household and educational status of the mother. The incidence of diarrhoes was high in all age groups except during infancy, being very high where there was no toilet or a toilet was shared between several households, incedence of respiratory tract infections ranges from 33 to 48perc. being inversely related to the per capita floor area in dwelling. Angular stomatitis and glossitis were the main clinical manifestations of malnutrition, being highest in the 4-5 year group. The type of dwelling and the income of the household were the two most important factors determining the nutritional status at the children. The need for providing a hygienic and sanitory environment, clean drinking water and effective primary health care services, in addtion to poverty alleviation, is stressed.
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    Some nutritionally important fatty acids in seven varieties of fish eaten in Sri Lanka
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Liyanage, D.W.D.; Wijesundera, R.C.; Wickramanayake, T.W.
    The component acids of lipids extracted from the edible portions of seven marine species Sardinella longiceps, Rastrelliger kanaguria, Thunnus albacares, Scomberomorus commersoni, Caranx stellatus, Carcharhinus sp. and Raja mamillidens and one fresh water species Tilapia mossambica have been determied by gas liquid chromotography. Palmitic (C:0), palmitoleic (C 16:1), oleic (C18:1), cicosapentaenoic EPA (C 20:5 n-3) and docsahexaenoic, DHA (C 22:1 n-3) Were the most abundant fatty acids. The small pelagics have a higher content of EPA and DHA and a higher P/S ratio than the larger and more expensive pelagic species
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    Study of anthropometric indices used in identifying beneficiaries of food supplementation programmes
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1987) Fernando, D.N.; Rajapakse, L.C.
    Anthropometric data obtained by measuring school children in the second year in school in a defined area was used to study the relative usefulness of the commonly used anthrometric indices and modes of presentation. Indices using height, though providing more information, seem not very practicable to be determined routinely at field level. An identifying beneficiaries of an intervention programme. It seems most appropriate to use the index weight for age and consider those below the third percentile to be the beneficiaries of such programmes, as this is likely to identify almost all moderately and severely undernourished. Such an identification is important as a preventive and promotive activity aimed at reducing the problem of undernutrition among children.
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    Vector of Wucherreria bancrofti and Brugia malayi in the South and Southeast Asian regions. their distribution, biology and control
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1975) Ramalingam, S.
    The countries include in this review are: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malasia, Singapore, Bruni and Indonesia. The first section, includes countrywise information on the species and strains of filarial parasites and their vectors. In the second section, information is given on the distribution, relation filariasis, biology and control of each of the important vector species in the area. A map of the area shows the distribution human filariasis for tables provide information on the vectors
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