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List of papers. Paper II is removed from the thesis due to copyright restrictions. Paper I: Tennakoon S, Kumar B, Nugegoda D, Meyer H. Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors between Sri Lankans living in Kandy and Oslo. BMC Public Health. 2010 Oct 29;10:654. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-654">doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-654</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">Published under a Creative Commons Attribution License</a> Paper II: Sampath U. B. Tennakoon, Bernadette N. Kumar, Randi Selmer, Mohamed J. M. Mikram, Haakon E. Meyer. Differences in predicted cardiovascular risk in Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka compared to Sri Lankans in Norway. Accepted for publication in Asia Pacific Not yet published. Paper III: Sampath U. B. Tennakoon, Bernadette N. Kumar, Haakon E. Meyer. Differences in selected life style risk factors for cardiovascular disease between Sri Lankans in Oslo, Norway and in Kandy, Sri Lanka Manuscript version, published in: Asia Pac J Public Health May 10, 2013 <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539513485973">doi:10.1177/1010539513485973</a>