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  • Genetic and environmental contributions to depression in Sri Lanka 
    Ball, H.; Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Kovas, Y.; Glozier, N.; Guffin P, M.C.; Hotopf, M. (Cambridge University Press, 2009-12)
    Background Susceptibility to depression results from genetic and non-familially shared environmental influences in high-income, Western countries. Environments may play a different role for populations in different ...
  • Hope of prevention training in South Asia 
    Dodani, Sunita; Pandav, Chandrakant S.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Laporte, Ronald; Pokharel, Paras (Research Gate, 7/29/2004)
    EDITOR—The theme issue on Health in South Asia in April addressed problems and hopes for health but neglected prevention. South Asia has a quarter of the world's population. The optimal means to improve health is public ...
  • Long-term complications in newly diagnosed Sri Lankan patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus 
    Weerasuriya, N.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Dissanayake, A.; Subasinghe, Z.; Wariyapola, D.; Fernando, D.J.S. (Research Gate, 1998-07)
    We screened 597 newly-diagnosed diabetic patients (201 women) mean +/- SD age 42.3 +/- 6.2 years to determine the prevalence of diabetic complications; 22% presented because of symptoms of diabetes, 27% were diagnosed when ...
  • Neurobiological Stress Markers in Tsunami Survivors: A Commentary 
    Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, Buddhika; Goonertne, R. (Research Gate, 2010-06)
    Sisira Siribaddana is an Endocrinologist and Physician as well as Project Leader of the Sri Lankan Twin Registry. His research interests include diabetes, osteoporosis, bioethics, mental health and twin research. Buddhika ...
  • Prevalence of lipid abnormalities in Sri Lankan patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus 
    Siribaddana, Sisira; Perera, N.; Perera, S.; Fernando, D.; Weerasinghe, N. (Research Gate, 1994-04)
    To determine the prevalence of hyperlipidaemia in Sri Lankan patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and a normal control population. A cross-sectional study. Patients with NIDDM randomly selected ...
  • The prevalence of obesity and other coronary risk factors in a suburban Sri Lankan community 
    Fernando, D.J.S.; Siribaddana, Sisira; De Silva, D.R.; Perera, S.D. (Research Gate, 1994-12)
    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 ...
  • The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in newly diagnosed patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 
    Weerasuriya, N.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Wijeweera, I.; Dissanayake, A.; Wijesekara, J.; Fernando, D.J.S. (Research Gate, 2/28/1998)
    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 ...
  • Quantitative Ultrasound of Bone and Calcium Intake in Sub-Urban Males in Sri Lanka 
    Siribaddana, Sisira; Kovas, Y.; Fernando, D.J.S. (John Wiley & Sons, 2008-11)
    Background: While only 30% of all hip fractures occurred in Asia in 1990, more than 50% will occur by the year 2050. We investigated the relationship between the Stiffness Index (SI), assessed with quantitative ultrasound, ...
  • Research and clinical ethics after the tsunami: Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira (Science Direct, 2005-10)
    In late 2004, the Journal of Traumatic Stress published a special section about the ethics of disaster research, addressing ethical issues related to conducting research after disasters and terrorist attacks, and based on ...
  • Toluene Diisocyanate Exposure in a Glove Manufacturing Plant 
    Siribaddana, Sisira; Wijesundara, A.; Fernando, R. (Research Gate, 1998-02)
    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 ...
  • Tuberculous pericarditis 
    Wijesundara, Anula; Siribaddana, Sisira (Research Gate, 1994-03)
  • Understanding of research: a Sri Lankan perspective 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Hewage, S.N.; Lekmawattege, M.; Athukorala; Siriwardane, C.; Munasingha, K.; Murray, J.; Prince, M. (Springer Nature, 4/27/2010)
    Lack of proper understanding on the part of researchers about public understanding of research and informed consent will increase the potential for malpractice. As a part of a larger study on ethics and informed consent ...
  • Validity of Lateral Flow Immunochromatographic-Assays (LFIA) in diagnosis of leptospirosis 
    Dahanayaka, N.J.; Warnasekara, Y.P.J.N.; Rajapakse, R.M.S.R.; Ranathunga, S.Y.K.; Agampodi, Suneth B. (Ceylon Medical Journal, 2017-12)

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