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A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe
Researcher at University of Kelaniya
Publications - 17
Citations - 2209
A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe is an academic researcher from University of Kelaniya. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 13 publications receiving 1917 citations.
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The global burden of snakebite: a literature analysis and modelling based on regional estimates of envenoming and deaths.
Anuradhani Kasturiratne,A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe,Nilanthi de Silva,N. Kithsiri Gunawardena,Arunasalam Pathmeswaran,Ranjan Premaratna,Lorenzo Savioli,David G. Lalloo,H. Janaka de Silva +8 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that, globally, at least 421,000 envenomings and 20,000 deaths occur each year due to snakebite, with the highest burden exists in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Prevalence and risk factors for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among adults in an urban Sri Lankan population.
Anuradha S Dassanayake,Anuradhani Kasturiratne,Shaman Rajindrajith,Udaya Kalubowila,Sureka Chakrawarthi,Arjuna P. De Silva,Miyuki Makaya,Tetsuya Mizoue,Norihiro Kato,A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe,H. Janaka de Silva +10 more
TL;DR: The aim was to determine the community prevalence and risk factors for NAFLD among adults in an urban Sri Lankan population.
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Disabling musculoskeletal pain in working populations: is it the job, the person or the culture?
David Coggon,Georgia Ntani,Keith T Palmer,Vanda Elisa Andres Felli,Raul Harari,Lope H Barrero,Sarah A. Felknor,Sarah A. Felknor,David Gimeno,Anna Cattrell,Consol Serra,Matteo Bonzini,Eleni Solidaki,Eda Merisalu,Rima R. Habib,Farideh Sadeghian,Masood Kadir,Sudath S P Warnakulasuriya,Ko Matsudaira,Busisiwe Nyantumbu,Busisiwe Nyantumbu,Malcolm R Sim,Helen Harcombe,Ken Cox,Maria Helena Palucci Marziale,Leila Maria Mansano Sarquis,Florencia Harari,Rocio Freire,Natalia Harari,Magda V. Monroy,Leonardo Quintana,Marianela Rojas,Eduardo J. Salazar Vega,E Clare Harris,Sergio Vargas-Prada,J Miguel Martinez,George L. Delclos,George L. Delclos,Fernando G. Benavides,Michele Carugno,Marco M Ferrario,Angela Cecilia Pesatori,Leda Chatzi,Panos Bitsios,Manolis Kogevinas,Kristel Oha,Tuuli Sirk,Ali Sadeghian,Roshini Peiris-John,Roshini Peiris-John,Nalini Sathiakumar,A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe,Noriko Yoshimura,Helen L Kelsall,Victor Chee Wai Hoe,Victor Chee Wai Hoe,Donna M. Urquhart,Sarah Derrett,David McBride,Peter Herbison,Andrew R. Gray +60 more
TL;DR: Large international variation in the prevalence of disabling forearm and back pain among occupational groups carrying out similar tasks, which is only partially explained by the personal and socioeconomic risk factors that were analysed, is indicated.
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Somatising Tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study
Sergio Vargas-Prada,David Coggon,Georgia Ntani,Karen Walker-Bone,Keith T Palmer,Vanda Elisa Andres Felli,Raul Harari,Lope H Barrero,Sarah A. Felknor,Sarah A. Felknor,David Gimeno,Anna Cattrell,Matteo Bonzini,Eleni Solidaki,Eda Merisalu,Rima R. Habib,Farideh Sadeghian,Muhammad Masood Kadir,Sudath S P Warnakulasuriya,Ko Matsudaira,Busisiwe Nyantumbu,Busisiwe Nyantumbu,Malcolm R Sim,Helen Harcombe,Ken Cox,Leila Maria Mansano Sarquis,Maria Helena Palucci Marziale,Florencia Harari,Rocio Freire,Natalia Harari,Magda V. Monroy,Leonardo Quintana,Marianela Rojas,E Clare Harris,Consol Serra,J Miguel Martinez,George L. Delclos,Fernando G. Benavides,Michele Carugno,Marco M Ferrario,Angela Cecilia Pesatori,Leda Chatzi,Panos Bitsios,Manolis Kogevinas,Kristel Oha,Tiina Freimann,Ali Sadeghian,Roshini Peiris-John,Roshini Peiris-John,Nalini Sathiakumar,A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe,Noriko Yoshimura,Helen L Kelsall,Victor Chee Wai Hoe,Donna M. Urquhart,Sarah Derrett,David McBride,Peter Herbison,Andrew R. Gray,Eduardo J. Salazar Vega +59 more
TL;DR: This study supports the use of questions from the Brief Symptom Inventory as a method for measuring somatising tendency, and suggests that in adults of working age, it is a fairly stable trait.
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Influence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease on the development of diabetes mellitus
Anuradhani Kasturiratne,Sanjaya Weerasinghe,Anuradha S Dassanayake,Shaman Rajindrajith,Arjuna P. De Silva,Norihiro Kato,A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe,H. Janaka de Silva +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, an Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2013; 7(5):405-7 was published.Indexed in MEDLINE; Comment in Expert Review.