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Science 4 June 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3675, pp. 1336 - 1337
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3675.1336
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Potassium-40 Content as a Basis for the Calculation of Body Cell Mass in Man

Walther Burmeister 1

1 University of Saarland, Children's Hospital, 665 Homburg-Saar, West Germany

On the assumption that the potassium content of the body cell mass is constant it should be possible to estimate body cell mass by measuring potassium-40 activity with a whole-body scintillation counter. Relations of body cell mass to weight, lean body mass, and total body water are demonstrated.


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