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  1. Williams CH
    Malayan Medical Journal, 1934;9:154-60.
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight
  2. Wilson T, Chan CH
    Lower Perak, an alluvial plain, much of it below spring tide levels, lies between tidal reaches of the large Perak and Bernam rivers. It has a mixed rural population, about 40 per cent. being Malaysians. Inspection, with individual card records, was made of 2, 388 boys in vernacular schools aged 6 to 16 years, local prejudice exempting girls. The diet, largely rice, of these children appears deficient in animal protein, and probably in calcium, iron, phosphorus, and vitamin B. They show few signs of deficiency diseases, have a dental caries rate of about 70 per cent., and one-third had poor muscular development. They suffer mainly from fever, anaemia and skin infections. * An asterisk denotes that the paper dealt with is thought to be of more than ordinary interest to tropical readers. As ages were quite unreliable, only the 513 presenting birth certificates were grouped to the nearest birthday. [img 1T161260A.tif] Comparisons are made with the Baldwin-Wood scale for American medium type boys, who at every age are of superior weight. Full correlation tables are given for the 513 and 2, 388 boys. To eliminate doubtful ages the, Baldwin-Wood tables were used to calculate the mean weights of Americans at the height of the Perak boys, and now the Americans only [img 1T161260B.tif] come out slightly higher than these. The essential difference therefore seems to be more a matter of size and physical development in relation to age, than any significant change in-ratios at different ages. Comparison was made with Kedah measurements. This is a similar district 120 miles north of Lower Perak. Curves are used which are not strictly comparable, as some girls were included, but Dr. J. H. STRACHAN took out the figures of 1, 018 Kedah boys. These are compared with the 2, 388 Perak boys, in weight for inches in height. Although the conditions and districts seem in all respects similar the Kedah boys are significantly lighter for all heights. No explanation has been found for this. The authors insist on the usefulness of correlation tables. " It is obvious that the medium American boys are much heavier than the Malaysian children. But the second American weight/height curve seems to show that if one selects for comparison boys of the same stature at each age, the American boys would be on the whole only slightly heavier than the Lower Perak boys." This investigation has got the utmost value from rather unpromising materials. Any school worker will gain some new viewpoints from its careful perusal. James Kerr.
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight
  3. Worth HI
    Med J Malaya, 1947;1:252-272.
    European standards on height, weight, centres of ossification and date of onset of puberty are not applicable to Asiatic girls in Malaya. " Asiatics " could not be grouped together, racial groups showed differences, especially the three main groups-Chinese, Indians and Malays. Nine tables are furnished showing the average and maximum and minimum heights and weights of the four main groups examined, as well as of some of the minor groups, arranged according to ages from 5 years to 19 years. The conclusion is drawn that the European standard of height and weight is higher than that of any of the Asiatic races in Malaya; a greater difference is noted in the weight than in the height and there is a much greater range in the weight of Asiatics but a smaller range in the height. Onset of menstruation tended to be earlier in the local Asiatic groups than in Europeans. The date of eruption of permanent teeth appeared to be earlier among Asiatic races. No deciduous teeth were found at the age of 12-13 years, the lower second molar was seen in all those examined at that age and the whole lower set was present, excluding the third molar. Earlier efuption of the canine teeth was also noticeable. Details should be consulted in the original by all those interested in medico legal work in tropical countries. P. A. Clearkin.
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight
  4. MILLIS J
    Med J Malaya, 1958 Mar;12(3):531-9.
    PMID: 13565024
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight*; Body Weights and Measures*
  5. THOMSON FA
    Med J Malaya, 1961 Mar;15:160-5.
    PMID: 14037851
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight*; Body Weights and Measures*
  6. Kadri ZN
    Med J Malaya, 1961 Dec;16:115-24.
    PMID: 14452995
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight*; Body Weights and Measures*
  7. Gordon Smith CE, Turner LH, Harrison JL, Broom JC
    Bull World Health Organ, 1961;24(6):807-16.
    PMID: 20604093
    In previous papers it has been demonstrated that ground-dwelling rats are the principal reservoir of leptospirosis in Malaya. The present paper considers the distribution of infection by sex and weight in the ten principal rat species. There appears to be a general tendency for females to be infected more frequently than males, but significant differences were demonstrated only in R. sabanus (more than three times as many females as males infected) and R. whiteheadi. In Malaya, where seasonal changes are minimal, weights can be used as a good index of age in rats. In rat species with a low incidence of infection the incidence appeared to rise steadily with age. In species with a medium incidence the infection rate rose at first with age, fell in the 6-8-month age-group, and then rose again. In high-incidence species the rate rose rapidly from the second month.There appear to be three types of enzootic infection; (1) intensive transmission of a single serogroup in a crowded population of rats of a single species (transmission probably being through urinary contamination of damp soil); (2) low-intensity transmission of several serogroups among ground-rats frequenting wet places (probably with urinary transmission); and (3) low-intensity transmission of several serogroups among ground-rats in dry places (the transmission may be venereal).
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight
  8. THOMSON FA
    PMID: 13920973
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight*; Body Weights and Measures*
  9. Loncin H, Gurian JM, Loncin ME
    J Atheroscler Res, 1968 5 1;8(3):471-82.
    PMID: 5660508
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight
  10. Dugdale AE
    Med J Malaya, 1969 Jun;23(4):244-6.
    PMID: 4242167
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight*
  11. Tan PC, Wong CL
    Med J Malaya, 1969 Sep;24(1):12-7.
    PMID: 4243835
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight*
  12. Chen ST, Dugdale AE
    Med J Malaya, 1970 Dec;25(2):99-101.
    PMID: 4251142
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight
  13. Dugdale AE
    Am J Clin Nutr, 1971 Feb;24(2):174-6.
    PMID: 5545844 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/24.2.174
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight
  14. Sinnathuray TA, Wong WP
    Med J Malaya, 1971 Mar;25(3):182-6.
    PMID: 4253244
    Matched MeSH terms: Body Weight*
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