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V Thambypillai

Publications and source records attributed to V Thambypillai.

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PubMed1990

Policies on iron in Denmark.

The mounting evidence on the adverse effects of increasing iron stores raises the question of the appropriateness of existing national policies on iron fortification of foods and iron supplementation in the development countries. A pilot study on the pattern of iron supplementation during pregnancy was implemented in one county of Denmark. The results of the study suggest that there is inappropriate use of iron and laboratory investigation for haemoglobin during pregnancy. For recommendations to be made at national level similar studies should be performed in other counties of Denmark.

Contraindications↗
PubMed1989

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in the domestic environment of a Malaysian village.

The membrane-filter assay, GM1-ELISA, and DNA-DNA hybridization assay, were used to detect enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) in samples of water, weaning food, food preparation surface swabs, fingerprints of mothers, and the fingerprints and stools of children under 5 years of age, in 20 households in a Malaysian village. Weaning food and environmental samples were frequently contaminated by faecal coliforms, including ETEC. The membrane-filter assay detected and enumerated faecal coliforms and LT-ETEC in all types of water and weaning food samples. Highest concentrations of faecal coliforms and LT-ETEC were found in weaning food, followed by well-water, stored water and stored drinking water. The GM1-ELISA detected LT-ETEC in weaning food, food preparation surfaces, fingerprints and stool samples. The DNA-DNA hybridization assay detected a larger proportion of STa2-ETEC than the other toxotypes, either singly or in combination. All the assays in combination detected the presence of ETEC in all types of samples on at least one occasion in each household. It was not possible to classify households as consistently more or less contaminated with ETEC. On individual occasions it was possible to show a significant association of the presence of LT-ETEC between the fingerprints of children and their stools, fingerprints of mothers and children, and weaning food and the stools of the child consuming the food.

Child, Preschool↗
PubMed1985

Smoking among urban Malaysian school children.

A questionnaire on smoking habits was administered to 4106 Form IV school children in Kuala Lumpur. The period of survey was from 9 to 20 April 1984. 2099 boys and 2007 girls were studied and their mean age was 16.1 years. 32.8% of the students had been initiated to smoking and the mean age of initiation was 13.3 years. The prevalence of smoking was found to be 9.8% and the mean duration of smoking was 2.5 years. Most of the smokers and occasional smokers were boys. About 42% of the smokers wished to stop smoking and only 1% of the non-smokers intended to smoke in the future. The study recommended that health education programmes should be started earlier in school.

Adolescent↗