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1 PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES {Formerly: Medical Sciences Bulletin} ISSN: Pac. J. Med. Sci. (PJMS); Volume 8, No. 2, May 2011 Special Issue: National Nutrition Survey Papua New Guinea, 2005; (NNS 2005) Department of Health of Papua New Guinea UNICEF Papua New Guinea University of Papua New Guinea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chapter 10: References Pages

2 CHAPTER 10. REFERENCES 1. Allen B, The Sustainability of Food Security in Papua New Guinea, Paper presented at PNG's prospects for sustainable development forum, Madang 2. Amoa B, Attah Johnson F, and Saweri W, Iodine deficiency disorders in Huon and Memyamya Districts of Morobe Province. Port Moresby, Department of Health and UNICEF. Report 3. Amoa B, Pikire T, and Tine P Iodine Content of Salt in Lae City of Papua New Guinea, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 7 (2): Amoa B and Rubiang L, Iodine Status of Pregnant Women in Lae, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 9 (1): Amato D, A review of 700 bone marrow aspirations in Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 20 (1): Angelholm S. HemoCue AB Biesalski HK and Erhardt JG, 2007, Diagnosis of Nutritional Anemia- Laboratory Assessment of Iron Status, Sight and Life, Bowden DK, 1985, Relative Roles of Genetic Factors, Dietary Deficiency, and Infection in Anaemia in Vanuatu, South-West Pacific, Lancet 2 (8463): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1998, Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the United States, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 47: Dapeng L, 2004, Malaria Epidemics in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 47 (3-4): Dearth-Wesley T, 2004, Fast and Reliable Salt Iodine Measurement: Evaluation of the WYD Iodine Checker in Comparison With Iodometric Titration, Food and Nutrition Bulletin 25 (2): Erhardt JG, 2004, Combined Measurement of Ferritin, Soluble Transferrin Receptor, Retinol Binding Protein, and C-Reactive Protein by an Inexpensive, Sensitive, and Simple Sandwich Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Technique, Journal of Nutition 134 (11): Flint J, 1986, High Frequencies of Alpha-Thalassaemia Are the Result of Natural Selection by Malaria, Nature 321 (6072): Friesen H et al., 1995, Assessment of current feeding practices in infants and children below 2 years of age in selected areas of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Pediatric Society. Report 15. Friesen H et al, 1998, Vitamin A status of children in different provinces in Papua New Guinea. In: Abstracts of the Thirty-fourth Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, PNG Medical Society, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Friesen H et al, 1998, Infant Feeding Practices in Papua New Guinea, Ann.Trop.Paediatr. 18 (3): Gibson J and Rozelle S. 1998, Results of the household survey component of the 1996 poverty assessment for Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, World Bank. Report 18. Gorstein JL, Dary O, Pongtorn, Shell-Duncan B, Quick, Wasanwisut E. 2008, Feasibility of using retinol concentrations from capillary blood specimens to estimate serum retinol concentratons and the prevalence of vitamin A deficiecny in low-resource settings. Public Health Nutrition 11(5): Heywood P, Singleton N, and Ross J, 1988, Nutritional Status of Young Children, the 1982/83 National Nutrition Survey, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 31 (2):

3 20. Heywood PF, 1992, Iodine Deficiency Disorders in Papua New Guinea, in Human Biology in Papua New Guinea - The Small Cosmos, ed. Attenborough RD and Alpers MP, Oxford Scientific Publications 21. Hipsley EH and Clements FW, Report on New Guinea Nutrition Survey Expedition. Canberra, Department of External Territories 22. Hodge AM, Dowse GK, Zimmet PZ, 1996, Obsity in Pacific Populations, Pacific Health Dialogue 3: Jenkins C and Zemel B, 1990, Ancient Diversity and Contemporary Change in the Growth Patterns of Papua New Guinea Children, Miami, USA 24. Kariks J and Woodfield DG, 1972, Anaemia in Papua New Guinea: A Review, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 15: Klufio CA, Kariwiga G, and MacDonald R, 1992, Normal Birthweight at Port Moresby General Hospital: a Retrospective Survey of Normal Term Births to Determine Birthweight Distribution, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 35 (1): Marks G, 1992, Papua New Guinea National Nutrition Policy, Background and Policy Recommendations. Paper presented at Papua New Guinea National Nutrition Policy Workshop 1992, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Institute of National Affairs Discussion Paper 54, pages McCullagh SF, 1963, The goitre epidemic of the Huon Peninsula in the territory of New Guinea, University of Sydney 28. Mgone C, 2002, Report on the household and community practices survey for the integrated management of childhood illness in Papua New Guinea, Goroka, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. 29. Mueller I and Smith TA, 1999, Patterns of Child Growth in Papua New Guinea and Their Relation to Environmental, Dietary and Socioeconomic Factors--Further Analyses of the Papua New Guinea National Nutrition Survey, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 42 (3-4): Mueller I. The spatial pattern of growth in Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at food security of Papu New Guinea, 2001, Canberra, Australia 31. Mueller I, 2001, The spatial pattern of child growth in PNG. In: Bourke RM, Allen MG and Salisbury JG, editors, Food security for Papua New Guinea, Proceedings of the Papua New Guinea Food and Nutrition 2000 Conference, ACIAR Proceedings No 99, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, Canberra, Australia, pages Mueller, I. Betuela, and Hide R, 2002, Regional Patterns of Birthweights in Papua New Guinea in Relation to Diet, Environment and Socio-Economic Factors. Annals of Human Biology 29 (1): Mueller I, 2003, The Epidemiology of Malaria in Papua New Guinea, Trends Parasitology 19 (6): National Statistical Office, 2001, Report on the 2000 National Population and Housing Census in Papua New Guinea. 35. National Department of Health, Preliminary Report of the Papua New Guinea Immunization Coverage Survey , at Port Moresby 36. Nestle P and the INACG Steering Committee, 2004, Adjusting hemoglobin values in program surveys, Available from Nestle P. 2002, Adjusting hemoglobin values in program surveys. International nutritional anemia consultative group (INACG) 38. Thurnham DI, Mburu AS, Mwaniki DL, Muniu EM, Alumasa F, de WA Using Plasma Acute-Phase Protein Concentrations to Interpret Nutritional Biomarkers in 95

4 Apparently Healthy HIV-1-Seropositive Kenyan Adults. British Journal of Nutrition 100 (1): O'Donnell A, Raiko A, Clegg JB, Weatherall DJ, Allen SJ, 2006, Alpha+ thalassaemia and pregnancy in a malaria endemic region of PNG, British Journal of Haematology 135: Ohtsuka R et al., Composition of Local and Purchased Food Consumed by the Gidra in Lowland Papua, Ecology of food and nutrition 15: Onis M. de and A. W. Onyango WHO Child Growth Standards, Lancet 371 (9608): Oppenheimer SJ, Alpha Thalassaemia in Papua New Guinea, Lancet 1 (8374): Peters HR, Kemiki AD, and Vince JD, Child Adoption in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 43 (1-2): Salt Research Institute WYD iodine checker instruction manual, China National Salt Industry Coorporation. 45. Sill PR, White JC, and Cheetham JM, A Survey of Haemoglobin Concentration in Pregnancy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 29 (3): Smith T Summary of results by environmental zone from the 1982/1983 National Nutritional Survey of Papua New Guinea, Goroka, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. 47. Sommer and Davidson FR, 2002, Assessment and Control of Vitamin A Deficiency: the Annecy Accords, Journal of Nutrition 132 (9): 2845S-2850S 48. Taufa T et al., 1995, Baseline survey of Lihir Islanders, In Nutrition and the Lihir Community, ed. Leonard D. Lihir Management Group 49. Taufa T, 1995, Longitudinal study of health and economic development in two contrasting Papua New Guinea communities, Wopkaimin, Ok Tedi (study) and Mount Obree (control) , Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Flinders University of South Australia 50. Temple VJ, Mapira P, Adeniyi K, Sims P, 2005, Iodine Deficiency in Papua New Guinea (Sub-Clinical Iodine Deficiency and Salt Iodization in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea), Journal of Public Health (Oxf) 27 (1): Temple VJ, Haindapa B, Turare R, Masta A, Amoa AB and Ripa P, 2006, Status of iodine nutrition in pregnant and lactating women in NCD, Papua New Guinea, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 15 (4): USAID Papua New Guinea hospital-based cross sectional xerophthalmia survey. TA-17, Washington DC, USAID. VITAL 53. World Health Organization, Physical status: The use and interpretation of anthropometry: Report of a WHO expert committee. WHO Tec Report Series World Health Organization, Indicators for assessing vitamin A deficiency and their application in monitoring and evaluating intervention programmes. WHO/NUT/ World Health Organization, Malnutrition As an Underlying Cause of Childhood Deaths Associated With Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78: World Health Organization collaborative study team, Effect of Breastfeeding on Infant and Child Mortality Due to Infectious Diseases in Less Devloped Countries: a Pooled Analysis. Lancet: World Health Organization, Guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child 96

5 58. World Health Organization, Iron deficiency anaemia: Assessment, prevention and control: A guide for programme managers 59. WHO, UNICEF, and ICCIDD Assessment of iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination 60. WHO, UNICEF UNU Iron Deficiency Anemia: Assessment, Prevention, and Control: A guide for programme managers 61. WHO, ICCIDD, and UNICEF, Assessment of iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination 62. World Bank. Papua New Guinea, Poverty and access to public services. Washington DC USA, World Bank. 97

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