Ceylon Journal of Medical Science
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Item Sri Lanka nutritional status survey, 1988/89(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Ratnayake, R.M.K.; Weerasinghe, S.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.Item 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.Item Preliminary report on the fourth national nutrition and health survey July - August, 1995(Faculty of Medicine. Colombo, 1997) Ramanujam, P.; Nestel, P.Item Combating iron deficiency 2.. prevalence of anaemia in Sr Lanka(Faculty of Medicine. Colombo, 1996) Mudalige, R.; Nestel, P.Item Eruption times of deciduous teeth in a group of Sinhalese children attending well baby clinics(The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1994) Chandrasekera, M.S.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children, age 5 to 18 years 4.. is there a need for local standards?(The Sri Lanka Medical Associaion. Colombo, 1994) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.Item Norms for the eruption of the permanent dentition in the Sinhalese of Kandy district(The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1993) Nanayakkara, C.D.; Chandrasekera, M.S.; Wickramanayake, E.R.