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. 1960 Nov;154(1):169–176. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1960.sp006571

Estimation of total body water (virtual tritium space) in the rat, cat, rabbit, guinea-pig and man, and of the biological half-life of tritium in man

J M Foy, H Schnieden
PMCID: PMC1359792  PMID: 13701136

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