Response of Human Subjects to Reduced Levels of Water Consumption under Simulated Civil Defense Shelter Conditions.
Abstract
Seven tests, employing 16 subjects each, were run under carefully controlled environmental conditions similar to expected conditions in civil defense shelters. The purpose of the tests was to determine response of humans to limited water rations under such conditions. A computational method was developed for determination of body water pool loss. Nutritional, physiological and psychological testing was conducted to measure subject response to the various water rations. Results including subject weight losses and water budgets are presented. Results were analyzed and a correlation equation for water pool loss was developed. It was determined by extrapolation of these results that a water ration of 1 3/4 quarts per person per day for 14 days should prevent severe dehydration of subjects under the conditions of these tests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0738562
Entities
People
- B. Finkelstein
- E. L. Besch
- J. M. Rueck
- P. E. Mcnall Jr.
- Robert L. Gorton
Organizations
- Kansas State University