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  1. Department of Public Health Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110 029, India

    Umesh Kapil

  2. Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, B-16, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, 110 016, India

    H. P. S. Sachdev

  3. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110 029, India

    Umesh Kapil

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Kapil, U., Sachdev, H.P.S. Management of children with severe acute malnutrition: A national priority. Indian Pediatr 47, 651–653 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-010-0099-x

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