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Nutrition and health status of rural school boys of udaipur district

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The health and nutritional status of 839 rural school boys in the age group 5 to 17 years are reported. Their poor health and nutritional status warrants an improvement in the socio-economic status and level of education, and a well planned school health service programme according to the local needs.

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    B. Bhandari, A. M. Jain, Padma Karna, Asha Mathur & V. K. Sharma

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From the Department of Child Health, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur.

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Bhandari, B., Jain, A.M., Karna, P. et al. Nutrition and health status of rural school boys of udaipur district. Indian J Pediatr 42, 186–193 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02752897

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