Browsing Journal/Magazine Articles by Author "van der Hoek, W."

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Clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated malaria in Sri Lanka

van der Hoek, W.; Premasiri, D.A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 1998)

To assess the possibility of developing a protocol for the clinical diagnosis of malaria, a study was done at the regional laboratory of the Anti-Malaria Campaign in Puttalam, Sri Lanka. Of a group of 502 patients, who ...
Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria in a refugee population in Sri Lanka

van der Hoek, W.; Premasiri, D.A.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 1997)

To provide early diagnosis and prompt treatment for malaria, two interventions were compared in refugee camps in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka. Community health volunteers (HV's) were trained in diagnosis and management of malaria ...
Effects of occupational exposure to organophosphate pesticides on nerve and neuromuscular function

Peiris-John, R.J.; Ruberu, D.K.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Smit, L.A.; van der Hoek, W. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2002)

This study aimed to investigate whether occupational exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides caused neurophysiological abnormalities. Thirty farmers who regularly spray OP pesticides and 30 fishermen (controls), living ...

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