Eddleston, M., Gunnell, D., Karunaratne, A., De Silva, D., Sheriff, M. R., & Buckley, N. A. (2005). Epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 187(6), 583-584. We investigated the epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning... Read more
Epidemiology
De Silva, V., Samarasinghe, D., & Gunawardena, N. (2009). Alcohol and tobacco use among males in two districts in Sri Lanka. Ceylon medical journal, 54(4). Objectives: To investigate the prevalence and consumption of tobacco and alcohol among males in... Read more
Miller, K. E., & Fernando, G. A. (2008). Epidemiological assessment in emergency settings: recommendations for enhancing a potentially useful tool. Intervention, 6(3), 255-260. The authors identify several factors that have limited the utility of epidemiological assessments in emergency settings,... Read more
Background: An epidemiological survey was made of war trauma and its consequences in the general population. Method: One member aged over 15 years from each of 101 randomly selected families in a Primary Health Area in Sri Lanka were... Read more
