An ecological correlation study was conducted to determine the association between consumption of coconut products and cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths in Sri Lanka. Data on coconut consumption patterns from 1961 to 2006 were abstracted from the FAO database, and mortality data from reports of the Department of Census and Statistics, and UN databases. Correlational and regression analyses we...

17 background papers by experts in the field were commissioned to help assemble the relevant literature and to draw out important points for discussion. Based on these papers, a workshop and independent research, an attempt is made to answer what appear to be the major questions in the field. 8 major relationships that link demographic patterns and economic processes are discussed in detail. ...

✖ Rural LHDs are very small, with fewer than 5 working professionals in the average office, compared with nearly 32 in an average urban office. ✖ The per capita public health workforce supply is slightly greater in rural than in urban LHDs (32:100,000 versus 29:100,000). ✖ Public health nurses form the core of rural LHDs; urban LHDs have a wider variety of professional categories represented wi...

There have been different indices identified for desertification. Among these is technogenic desertification index which seems much more efficient. In this study, some of technogenic desertification indices were studied and evaluated. First land use maps of the region were taken from IRS-PAN satellite image and aerial photos analysis. After evaluating the area of different uses, lands that had ...