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  • Title: Nutritional status of pre-school children of urban slum communities in Delhi.
    Author: Kapil U, Bali P.
    Journal: Indian Pediatr; 1989 Apr; 26(4):338-42. PubMed ID: 2599594.
    Abstract:
    Nutritional status of 486 preschool children residing in urban slums was assessed by making domiciliary visits. The overall prevalence of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) was found to be 81.8%, while 31.8, 44.1, 5.7 and 0.2% of children had Grades I, II, III and IV PEM, respectively. Age, sex and education had a significant association with PEM.
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