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Public knowledge of dehydration and fluid intake practices: variation by participants’ characteristics

BACKGROUND: Dehydration results from a decrease in total body water content either due to less intake or more fluid loss. Common symptoms of dehydration are dry mouth/tongue, thirst, headache, and lethargy. The aim of this study was to assess knowledge of dehydration definition, symptoms, causes, pr...

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Autores principales: Shaheen, Naila A., Alqahtani, Abdulrahman A., Assiri, Hussam, Alkhodair, Reem, Hussein, Mohamed A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6282244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30518346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6252-5