Stressful life events and risk of symptomatic kidney stones

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1017-1023

  Najem, G Reza ^a   Seebode, Joseph J ^a   Samady, Ahmed J ^a   Feuerman, Martin ^b   Friedman, Lawrence ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Academic Computing Services   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Kidney stones; Stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OXALIC ACID; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030664235     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.5.1017     Document Type: Article

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