| Value |
65.22
Liters
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| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Bianconi E, et al., An estimation of the number of cells in the human body. Ann Hum Biol. 2013 Nov-Dec40(6):463-71. doi: 10.3109/03014460.2013.807878 p.466 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID23829164
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| Primary Source |
Nagao N, Tamaki K, Kuchiki T, Nagao M. A new gas dilution method for measuring body volume. Br J Sports Med. 1995 Jun29(2):134-8.PubMed ID7551760
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| Method |
Primary source abstract:"This study was designed to examine the validity of a new gas dilution method (GD) for measuring human body volume and to compare its accuracy with the results obtained by the underwater weighing method (UW)." Value is average of the 2 methods (see comments section below) |
| Comments |
P.466 left column 2nd paragraph: "The human body mean volume has been calculated by (primary source) by two different physical methods: the obtained values were 63.83 and 66.61 L. Considering the average value, the
resulting cell number [in the human body] is 1.63×10^13 cells." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109718 |