I dentifying twins for a population-based register can be achieved through birth records or community surveys. We studied the feasibility and effectiveness of different methods of identifying and recruiting twins to establish ...

Nearly all twin registers are based in developed countries and there is no twin register in the developing world. Our objectives were to initiate the process of establishing a nationwide twin register in Sri Lanka by ...

INTRODUCTION: Neuropathy is considered to be a longterm complication of diabetes. AIMS: To determine the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in 112 Sri Lankan patients with recently diagnosed non-insulin-dependent diabetes ...

Case report: An accidental exposure due to reuse of containers of toluene diisocyanate to transport nontoxic substances and subsequent occupational toxic exposure caused illness among forty workers in a glove manufacturing ...

Increasing numbers of developing nations experience a rising incidence of non-communicable diseases in parallel with economic development. Thus, developing countries such as Sri Lanka face the double burden of both ...

BACKGROUND: The main service provider for childhood immunization in Sri Lanka is the government sector. However, utilization of private sector for childhood immunization is increasing rapidly. Existing national immunization ...

Background Public private partnership and intergraded services would be the future strategies for maintaining equitable and accessible health services in most of the countries. Purpose of this study was to determine the ...

To investigate the susceptibility of Sri Lankan new entry university students to varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection, a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among new entrant medical and engineering students ...