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Selected anthropometric measurements of 500 rural school children are reported and compared with national and American standards. Their poor nutritional status warrants an improvement in the socio-economic status and literacy of the masses and a well planned school health service programme.
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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. Nutritional anthropometry of rural school children of Udaipur district. Indian J Pediatr 39, 1–11 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02898555
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