Sandamali Rajapaksha
Biographic Data
| ID | 7756620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sandamali Rajapaksha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sandamali |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajapaksha |
| SIGNATURE | RAJAPAKSHA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Peradeniya |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Involvement of alcohol in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka
One in three injuries among people who drank alcohol in this sample were alcohol-related. In addition, problematic alcohol use was higher among those with alcohol-related injury. Further work is needed to explore whether this prevalence of alcohol-related injury is reflected in other rural settings in Sri Lanka
Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008–2014 pesticide bans
Ingestion of pesticides remains the most important means of suicides in rural Sri Lanka. The pesticides that were once responsible for most pesticide suicides have now been replaced by carbosulfan and profenofos. Their regulation and replacement in agriculture with less hazardous pesticides will further reduce the incidence of both pesticide and overall suicides in rural Sri Lanka
Estimating the government health-care costs of treating pesticide poisoned and pesticide self-poisoned patients in Sri Lanka
Background: Pesticide self-poisoning as a method of suicide is a major global health problem.Objectives: To estimate the cost and per patient cost of treating pesticide self-poisoning at different hospital levels in a Sri Lankan district, and to examine the distribution of cost components. Another objective was to investigate changes in total cost of treatment of pesticide poisoning for all causes at different administrative levels in Sri Lanka i…
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Estimating the government health-care costs of treating pesticide poisoned and pesticide self-poisoned patients in Sri Lanka
Background: Pesticide self-poisoning as a method of suicide is a major global health problem.Objectives: To estimate the cost and per patient cost of treating pesticide self-poisoning at different hospital levels in a Sri Lankan district, and to examine the distribution of cost components. Another objective was to investigate changes in total cost of treatment of pesticide poisoning for all causes at different administrative levels in Sri Lanka i…
Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008–2014 pesticide bans
Ingestion of pesticides remains the most important means of suicides in rural Sri Lanka. The pesticides that were once responsible for most pesticide suicides have now been replaced by carbosulfan and profenofos. Their regulation and replacement in agriculture with less hazardous pesticides will further reduce the incidence of both pesticide and overall suicides in rural Sri Lanka
Involvement of alcohol in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka
One in three injuries among people who drank alcohol in this sample were alcohol-related. In addition, problematic alcohol use was higher among those with alcohol-related injury. Further work is needed to explore whether this prevalence of alcohol-related injury is reflected in other rural settings in Sri Lanka
Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pesticide (2 works) · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Poisoning and overdose treatments (2 works) · Toxicology (2 works) · Activity-based costing (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Alcohol (1 work)