Physiologic basis for understanding quantitative dehydration assessment1-4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-462

  Cheuvront, Samuel N ^a   Kenefick, Robert W ^a   Charkoudian, Nisha ^a   Sawka, Michael N ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; DIURESIS; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID SHIFT; HUMAN; OSMOMETRY; OSMOREGULATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; WATER DEFICIT; WATER DEPRIVATION;

BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; NEUROPHYSINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; THIRST; VASOPRESSINS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84874332776     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.044172     Document Type: Review

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