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A CRITICAL RATIO OF AGING: WATER LOSS—HEAT PRODUCTION *
Author(s) -
CALLOWAY N. O.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb03232.x
Subject(s) - medicine , zoology , biology
A bstract : The ratio of water content to heat production in the rat, guinea pig, chicken, and human increases with age. The slope of the line increases at a different rate for each species. There is an interesting relationship between the onset of rapid senile death and the water‐heat ratio in each species when the ratio of water content to heat production exceeds 2.0.