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Item Distribution of iron supplements through the work place(University of Colombo. Colombo, 1999) Seneviratne, R.De A.; Fernando, D.; Herath, H.M.S.S.D.Item Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impared glucose tolerance in a rural Sri Lankan community(The Sri Lanka Medical Association:Colombo, 1993) Illangasekara, U.; Nugegoda, D.B.; Perera, L.S.Item 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.Item Prevalence of primary and secondary infertility in the Colombo district(University of Colombo. Colombo, 2002) Samarakoon, S.; Rajapaksa, L.; Seneviratne, H.R.Item A study of the registration of deaths of infants and preschool children(Sri Lanka Medical Association:Colombo, 1984) Sivarajah, N.; Sivagnanasundram, C.; Wijayaratne, A.Item How accurate are our statistics?(The Sri Lanka Medical Association:Colombo, 1994) Sivarajah, N.Item A case control study to assess the efficacy of measles vaccine(The Sri Lanka Medical Association:Colombo, 1993) Rajapakse, L.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 Tobacco use in a rural community in Sri Lanka(1988) Mendis, S.Item Consequences of parental corporal punishment on 12 year old children in the Colombo district(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 2008) De Zoysa, P.; Newcombe, P.A.; Rajapakse, L.