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  • Management of dead bodies as a component of psychosocial interventions after the tsunami: A view from Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Perera, Clifford (Taylor and Francis, 2006-07)
    Even if predicted, disasters may not be completely averted due to reasons beyond human control. There is always likely to be a degree of loss, human as well as material. Therefore, the correct strategy is to limit the ...
  • 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 ...
  • Osteoporosis in Sri Lanka 
    Siribaddana, Sisira; Lekamwasam, S. (Research Gate, 2004-10)
    In Sri Lanka the median age, which was 25 in year 1991, is expected to rise to 45 by the year 2041 and half of the population will be over 45 years and vulnerable to osteoporosis. We describe 2 large epidemiological studies ...
  • 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 ...
  • Culture-bound syndromes: the story of dhat syndrome 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Bhugra, D. (Cambridge University Press, 2004-03)
    Background Culture-bound syndrome is a term used to describe the uniqueness of some syndromes in specific cultures. Dhat (semen-loss anxiety) has been considered to be an exotic ‘neurosis of the Orient’. Aims To ...
  • Capacity building through multi-disciplinary research: a report from Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Samaraweera, S.; Dayaratne, D.A.R.K. (Cambridge University Press, 2003-11)
    Sri Lanka is an island situated close to the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent with a land area of about 65 000 km2. The population in 2001 was 18.5 million. It has an interesting genetic diversity, its five main ...
  • Challenges in Recruiting Older Twins for the Sri Lankan Twin Registry 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; De Silva, N.; Hotopf, M. (Cambridge university, 2003-02)
    The National Twin Registry of Sri Lanka was established in 1997 as a volunteer register. To extend it to a population-based register, we examined the effectiveness of tracing older twins by inspecting birth records and ...
  • Qualitative Research 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; De Silva, N. (Research Gate, 2004-01)
  • Increasing diabetes and vascular risk factors in a sub-urban Sri Lankan population 
    Malavige, G.N.; De Alwis, N.M.; Weerasuriya, N.; Fernando, D.J.S.; Siribaddana, Sisira (Research Gate, 2002-09)
    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 ...
  • Sri Lankan Twin Registry 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; De Silva, N.; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; Dayaratne, R.; De Silva, D.; Warnasuriya, N.; Hotopf, M. (Research Gate, 2002-11)
    Sri Lanka is an island with genetic diversity between the five main population groups. Our twin registry is the first in the developing world. Initially, we established a volunteer cohort of 4600 twin pairs through a ...
  • Feasibility of Using Different Approaches for Recruiting Younger Twins to Establish A Population Based Twin Register in Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; De Silva, N.; Sivayogam, S. (Research Gate, 2001-01)
    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 ...
  • Cross-cultural adaptation and preliminary validation of a zygosity determination questionnaire for twins in Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; De Silva, N.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.S.J.; Abeysinghe, M.R.N. (Research Gate, 2001-01)
    We report the process of adaptation into Sinhala of a questionnaire given to mothers of twins to determine zygosity. Adaptation and validation was carried out in three stages. Firstly, we used a nominal group to translate ...
  • Establishing a twin register in Sri Lanka 
    Sumathipala, A.; Fernando, D.S.J.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Abeysinghe, M.R.N.; De Silva, N.; Dissanayake, V.; Jayasekare, R.W. (Research Gate, 2000-12)
    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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • An Audit of the (ab) use of Thyroid Function Tests 
    Dissanayake, A.; Hewage, U.C.L.; Siribaddana, Sisira; Fernando, D.J.S. (Research Gate, 1998-04)
  • 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 ...
  • Autoimmune Hemolyticanemia Respoding to Anti-tuberculous Treatment 
    Siribaddana, Sisira; Wijesundara, A. (Research Gate, 1997-11)
  • 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 ...
  • Tuberculous pericarditis 
    Wijesundara, Anula; Siribaddana, Sisira (Research Gate, 1994-03)

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