Browsing by Subject "Nutrition Disorders-epidemiology"

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The Health and nutritional status of school children in two rural communities in Sri Lanka

Fernando, S.D.; Paranavitane, S.R.; Rajakaruna, J.; Weerasinghe, S.; Silva, D.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2000)

There is growing evidence of considerable burden of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases and undernutrition in school children. This study describes the nutritional status and parasitic infections of school ...
Intestinal parasitoses and the nutritional status of Veddah children in Sri Lanka

Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Premaratna, R.; de Alwis, A.C.; de Silva, L.D.R.; Morel, R.P.; de Silva, N.R. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2004)

This study describes and compares the intestinal parasitoses and nutritional statuses of primary school children of Veddah (local indigenous population) and Sinhalese (more advanced society) in rural Sri Lanka. Children ...

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