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Thirst work

  • M.J. McKinley an1 &
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Nature volume 285, page 272 (1980)Cite this article

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The Physiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite.

By J.T. Fitzsimons. Pp.572. (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 1979.) £32.50.

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  1. M.J. McKinley is a C. J. Martin Research Fellow and J.F. Nelson a Senior Research Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Both are employed at the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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