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  • Effect of indoor air pollution due to solid fuel combustion on childhood respiratory diseases 
    Ranathunga, R.A.N.; Perera, K.P.J.; Nandasena, Y.L.S.; Kasturiratne, A.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2014)
    Introduction and objectives: To determine the association between indoor air pollution and respiratory symptoms in children under 5 years of age. Methods: A prospective study was conducted over a 22 month period in the ...
  • Environmental noise levels in the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pannila, A.S.; Gurusinghe, R.D.; Kalansuriya, C.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Pathmeswaran, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Noise is a physical pollutant, which causes adverse health effects. Noise levels in most cities are higher than that recommended by environmental regulatory authorities of the relevant countries. ...
  • Fine particle air pollution due to secondhand smoke in selected public places in Colombo 
    Nandasena, Y.L.S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Lee, K.; Sathiakumar, N. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)
    INTRODUCTION: Globally, about five million deaths per year are attributed to tobacco smoke. Secondhand smoke accounts for a substantial proportion of these deaths. Most countries including Sri Lanka have legislation banning ...
  • Fine particle air quality levels of Sri Lankan households and associated respiratory conditions: preliminary findings of an ongoing longitudinal study 
    Nandasena, S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sathiakumar, N. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011)
    BACKGROUND/AIMS: Data on fine particle (PM2.5) air pollutant levels in Sir Lankan households are scarce. A high proportion of households are known to use unclean fuels for cooking, without proper ventilation. The aim of ...
  • Noise levels of vehicles in the city of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pannila, A.S.; Gurusinghe, R.D.; Kalansuriya, C.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Pathmeswaran, A. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Though there is concern that vehicular traffic contributes to noise pollution in the city of Colombo there is no reliable data on the noise emitted by different types of vehicles. Objective ...
  • Noise levels of vehicles in the city of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (College of the Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION: Though there is concern that vehicular traffic contributes to noise pollution in the city of Colombo there is no reliable data on the noise emitted by different categories of vehicles. OBJECTIVES: Objective ...
  • Prevalence and correlates of noise induced hearing loss among traffic policemen in the city of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (College of the Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a high frequency sensory-neural hearing loss in subjects who are exposed to environmental noise, but this diagnosis is made only after excluding other reasons for the ...
  • Prevalence and correlates of noise induced hearing loss among traffic policemen in the City of Colombo 
    Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, 2013)
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a high frequency sensory-neural hearing loss in subjects who are exposed to environmental noise, but this diagnosis is made only after excluding other reasons ...
  • Socio-demographic characteristics and principal cooking fuel type in Sri Lanka: comparison of data from two Demographic and Health Surveys 
    Nandasena, Y.L.S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sathiakumar, N. (College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2009)
    INTRODUCTION: Indoor air pollution is a growing public health concern due to its well documented ill effects. Biomass- cooking fuel is the main source of indoor air pollution in the majority of households in the developing ...

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