title: Measure of total body water, using infrared spectrometry of heavy water.
abstract: The total body water can be assayed by the measurement of the diffusion space of heavy water. A well reproducible and inexpensive method is the infrared spectrometry, using two differential comparisons.
mesh_terms: D001834:Body Water / Q000032:analysis*; D003903:Deuterium; D006801:Humans; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D003903:Deuterium