Seasonal variations of urinary stone colic in Arabia

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 281-284

  Al Hadramy, Mohamad Salim ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE; COLIC; DIET RESTRICTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEISURE; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE; COLIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FASTING; FOOD HABITS; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031264801     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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