The moon and the stones. Can the moon's attractive forces cause renal colic?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-305

  Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a   Hauser, Stephan ^a   Luterbacher, Juerg ^a   Marti, Urs ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a   Studer, Urs E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORCE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0036207296     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00496-6     Document Type: Letter

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