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01-03-2019 | Biomarkers | Editorial

Hydration, dehydration, underhydration, optimal hydration: are we barking up the wrong tree?

Author: Stavros A. Kavouras

Published in: European Journal of Nutrition | Issue 2/2019

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Title: Hydration, dehydration, underhydration, optimal hydration: are we barking up the wrong tree?
Author: Stavros A. Kavouras
Publication date: 01-03-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Biomarkers
Published in: European Journal of Nutrition / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1436-6207
Electronic ISSN: 1436-6215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-018-01889-z

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