Ravindra Fernando
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Alempijevic D, Beriashvili R, Beynon J, Birmanns B, Brasholt M, Cohen J, et al.
Torture
. 2020 Jul;
30(1):66-78.
PMID: 32657772
Conversion therapy is a set of practices that aim to change or alter an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity. It is premised on a belief that an individual's sexual...
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Senarath U, Senanayake S, Pathirana S, Karunaweera N, Weerasinghe M, Gunawardena N, et al.
Ceylon Med J
. 2020 Mar;
64(3):103-110.
PMID: 32120460
Introduction: Sri Lanka has a predominantly rural population. However, there is a dearth of research on health and socioeconomic issues in this group. Objective: To describe basic socioeconomic characteristics and...
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Pieris R, Fernando R
Heart Surg Forum
. 2015 Sep;
18(4):E167-70.
PMID: 26334855
A 43-year-old male, with no previous history of mental illness, was diagnosed with coronary heart disease, after which he became acutely depressed and attempted suicide by ingesting an organophosphate pesticide....
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Sebastiampillai B, Navinan M, Guruge S, Wijayaratne D, Dissanayake B, Dissanayake D, et al.
J Occup Med Toxicol
. 2015 Feb;
10:4.
PMID: 25670963
Background: Traffic policemen are identified to be at a higher risk of exposure to air pollution and its contaminants such as lead. A study done prior to the introduction of...
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Knipe D, Metcalfe C, Fernando R, Pearson M, Konradsen F, Eddleston M, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2014 Aug;
14:839.
PMID: 25118074
Background: Sri Lanka has experienced major changes in its suicide rates since the 1970s, and in 1995 it had one of the highest rates in the world. Subsequent reductions in...
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Pearson M, Zwi A, Rouse A, Fernando R, Buckley N, McDuie-Ra D
Crisis
. 2014 Feb;
35(2):90-101.
PMID: 24491824
Background: Suicide is and has been a major public health problem in Sri Lanka and has generated a wide range of literature. Aims: This review aimed to systematically appraise what...
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Pearson M, Zwi A, Buckley N, Manuweera G, Fernando R, Dawson A, et al.
Health Policy Plan
. 2013 Dec;
30(1):56-67.
PMID: 24362640
Background: Suicide in Sri Lanka is a major public health problem and in 1995 the country had one of the highest rates of suicide worldwide. Since then reductions in overall...
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Wilks M, Tomenson J, Fernando R, Ariyananda P, Berry D, Buckley N, et al.
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
. 2011 Feb;
49(1):21-8.
PMID: 21288148
Introduction: Deliberate self-harm with pesticides is a significant public health problem in rural Asia. We have previously shown an improved survival of patients with paraquat self-poisoning following the introduction of...
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Fernando R, Hewagama M, Priyangika W, Range S, Karunaratne S
Med Sci Law
. 2010 Mar;
50(1):25-8.
PMID: 20349691
Introduction: Deaths from suicide reached a peak in Sri Lanka in 1995. Several interventions reduced the suicide rate of 48.7 per 100,000 in 1995 to 23 per 100,000 in 2006,...