Measure of total body water, using infrared spectrometry of heavy water.
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.
D001834:Body Water / Q000032:analysis*; D003903:Deuterium; D006801:Humans; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
D003903:Deuterium