What drove us to drink 2 litres of water a day?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-207

  Tsindos, Spero ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; DRINKING; EDITORIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

BEVERAGES; DRINKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 84862570719     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00866.x     Document Type: Editorial

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