Epidemiology of urolithiasis in Japan: A chronological and geographical study

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 104-111

  Yoshida, Osamu ^a   Okada, Yusaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incidence; Occupation; Stone composition; Study, chronological and geographical; Treatment modality; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

APATITE CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CYSTINE; STRUVITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URATE; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

CALCIUM; CYSTINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PHOSPHATES; URIC ACID; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0025101729     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000281680     Document Type: Article

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