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Item Induced abortion-a hospital based study(The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1992) Fernando, D.N.; Rabel, R.A.S.A study of all cases of abortion admitted to randomly selected wards of three tertiary level institutions during a three month period was carried out. Relevent imformation was collected at the time of admission and by follow up of each patient,. BAsed on specific criteria, induced abortion and spontaneous abortions were identified. A random sample of women admitted for delivery during the same period was included as a 'comparison' group. Of the total group of women admitted with a history of abortion 64perc. have had induced aborions. These women were comparatively older, had one or more live children, were of a lower educational level and a majority admitted that the pregnancy was unplanned. A substantial proportion had practised traditional methods of contraception proir to the present pregnancy. This observation is of importance to programme planners, as failure of the contraceptive method used, whatever it be, could be a contributory factor for induced aboetionItem Normal microbial flora of the pharyngeal mucosa(The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1993) Perera, J.Item User satisfaction with child psychiatry outpatient care. implications for practice(The Sri Lanka Medical Association:Colombo, 1998) Perera, H.; Perera, R.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 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 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 Red blood cell, haemoglobin, white blood cell and blood sugar standards for Ceylonese adults(University of Ceylon. Colombo, 1949) Bibile, S.W.; Cullumbine, H.; Kirtisinghe, C.; Wikramanayake, T.W.; Watson, R.S.Item The reliability of the step test as a measure of physical fitness(University of Ceylon. Colombo, 1949) Cullumbine, H.Item Randomized clinical trial of acyclovir plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in Bell's palsy(Faculty of Medicine. Colombo, 1997) Li, Y.; Gao, P.; Mao, X.; Cao, PTo determine the effect of treatment with combinationof prednisone plus acyclovir versus prednisone alone in time to recovery and outcome in Bell's palsyItem Prevalence of primary and secondary infertility in the Colombo district(University of Colombo. Colombo, 2002) Samarakoon, S.; Rajapaksa, L.; Seneviratne, H.R.