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Measuring Human Water Needs
Water connects the environment, culture, and biology, yet only recently has it emerged as a major focus for research in human biology. To facilitate such research, we describe methods to measure biological, environmental, and perceptual indicators of human water needs. This toolkit provides an overv...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31702101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23350 |
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author | Wutich, Amber Rosinger, Asher Y. Stoler, Justin Jepson, Wendy Brewis, Alexandra |
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description | Water connects the environment, culture, and biology, yet only recently has it emerged as a major focus for research in human biology. To facilitate such research, we describe methods to measure biological, environmental, and perceptual indicators of human water needs. This toolkit provides an overview of methods for assessing different dimensions of human water need, both well‐established and newly‐developed. These include: (a) markers of hydration (eg, urine specific gravity, doubly labeled water) important for measuring the impacts of water need on human biological functioning; (b) methods for measuring water quality (eg, digital colorimeter, membrane filtration) essential for understanding the health risks associated with exposure to microbiological, organic, metal, inorganic nonmental, and other contaminants; and (c) assessments of household water insecurity status that track aspects of unmet water needs (eg, inadequate water service, unaffordability, and experiences of water insecurity) that are directly relevant to human health and biology. Together, these methods can advance new research about the role of water in human biology and health, including the ways that insufficient, unsafe, or insecure water produces negative biological and health outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-70505032020-03-09 Measuring Human Water Needs Wutich, Amber Rosinger, Asher Y. Stoler, Justin Jepson, Wendy Brewis, Alexandra Am J Hum Biol Human Biology Toolkit Water connects the environment, culture, and biology, yet only recently has it emerged as a major focus for research in human biology. To facilitate such research, we describe methods to measure biological, environmental, and perceptual indicators of human water needs. This toolkit provides an overview of methods for assessing different dimensions of human water need, both well‐established and newly‐developed. These include: (a) markers of hydration (eg, urine specific gravity, doubly labeled water) important for measuring the impacts of water need on human biological functioning; (b) methods for measuring water quality (eg, digital colorimeter, membrane filtration) essential for understanding the health risks associated with exposure to microbiological, organic, metal, inorganic nonmental, and other contaminants; and (c) assessments of household water insecurity status that track aspects of unmet water needs (eg, inadequate water service, unaffordability, and experiences of water insecurity) that are directly relevant to human health and biology. Together, these methods can advance new research about the role of water in human biology and health, including the ways that insufficient, unsafe, or insecure water produces negative biological and health outcomes. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2019-11-08 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7050503/ /pubmed/31702101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23350 Text en © 2019 The Authors. American Journal of Human Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Human Biology Toolkit Wutich, Amber Rosinger, Asher Y. Stoler, Justin Jepson, Wendy Brewis, Alexandra Measuring Human Water Needs |
title | Measuring Human Water Needs |
title_full | Measuring Human Water Needs |
title_fullStr | Measuring Human Water Needs |
title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Human Water Needs |
title_short | Measuring Human Water Needs |
title_sort | measuring human water needs |
topic | Human Biology Toolkit |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7050503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31702101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23350 |
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