Some health aspects in instituted primary school children.

This study was conducted on 193 children aged 6-12 years. They were 93 children (65 boys and 28 girls) living in two residential institutions in Cairo and 100 non-instituted children (65 boys and 35 girls) who are their matched school peers. Anthropometric measurements, complete physical examination and laboratory investigations including haemoglobin concentration, complete urine and stool analysis were performed to all children.