Urine specific gravity and water hardness in relation to urolithiasis in persons with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 571-576

  Chen, Y ^a   Roseman, J M ^b   Funkhouser, E ^b   Devivo, M J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Hardness; Specific gravity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELATIVE DENSITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY CALCULI; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034763879     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101209     Document Type: Article

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