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Of the chemical compounds that make up an organism, water accounts for by far the largest fraction. About 75% of the weight of a human newborn is water; as the child develops the relative water content of the body decreases, to an average of 63% in the young man and 52% in the young woman. The percentage of water continues to decline with advancing age, reaching averages of 52% and 46%, respectively.
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Harth, O. (1983). Water Balance; Transport of Fluids and Solutes. In: Schmidt, R.F., Thews, G. (eds) Human Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96714-6_28
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