Am I Drinking Enough? Yes, No, and Maybe

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 185-192

  Cheuvront, Samuel N ^a   Kenefick, Robert W ^a  

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

Author keywords

dehydration; hydration assessment; hydration status; hypohydration; plasma osmolality; urine osmolality

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ARGIPRESSIN; WATER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BODY WEIGHT; DEHYDRATION; EXCRETION; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PLASMA VOLUME; REVIEW; SOLUTE EXCRETION; TOTAL BODY WATER; URINE COLOR; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER LOSS; DRINKING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

DRINKING; HUMANS; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84960265860     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2015.1067872     Document Type: Review

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