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Water as an essential nutriment: the physiological basis of hydration

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  2. NESTLE WATERS MT, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France

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Jéquier, E., Constant, F. Water as an essential nutriment: the physiological basis of hydration. Eur J Clin Nutr 65, 877 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2011.41

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