Ceylon Journal of Medical Science
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Item A nutritional survey of various Ceylon communities(University of Ceylon. Colombo, 1949) Bibile, S.W.; Cullumbine, H.; Watson, R.S.; Wickremanayake, T.Item The metabolism of some tryptophan derivatives(University of Ceylon. Colombo, 1949) Baptist, N.G.Item A physical fitness survey of the peoples of Ceylon(University of Ceylon. Colombo, 1949) Cullumbine, H.Item Renal pathology in systemic Lupus erythematosus. a clinico - pathological study(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Angunawela, P.; Amarasekera, S.Item Intra-individual and diurnal variation of lung function measurements in healthy Sri Lankans(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Udupihille, M.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children age 5 to 18 years 3.. sitting height and sub-ischial leg length(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.Sitting height (SH), leg length (LL) and the rati, SH/TH have been studied in 9070 school children between 5 and 18 years, SH and LL are not influenced by ethnicity. SH, LL and the overall increment in LL are socio-economic dependent during pre-adolescence. LL velocity is greater than SH velocity during pre-adolescence , so that LL catches up with SH before puberty, which occurs earlier in children of a higher socio-economic status. Children who become tall are those with a high LL velocity during pre-adolescence and a high SH velosity after puberty. Neither poverty nor ethnicity have any influence on the relative propotion of SH to stature.Item Sri Lanka nutritional status survey, 1988/89(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Ratnayake, R.M.K.; Weerasinghe, S.Item Menarcheal age and nutritional status of Sri Lankan girls(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Balasuriya, S.The mean age at menarche based on recall data of a sample of 303 girls was 13,83 years. This mean was 0.6 years higher than the mean of 13.2 years observed among Kandy urban children of a slightly higher socio-economic status. It was found that the nutritionally poor girls are at a disadvantage and reach menarche about 0.5 years later than the nutritionally good.Item A comparison of some simple techniques of Haemoglobin measurement(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Fernando, D.N.; Rajapaksa, L.C.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children aged 5 to 18 years 2.. quetelet's body mass index(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.