Water: An essential but overlooked nutrient

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-206

  Kleiner, Susan M ^a,b  

^a High Performance Nutrition   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TASTE PREFERENCE; THIRST; TOTAL BODY WATER;

EID: 0032984065     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(99)00048-6     Document Type: Review

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