Renal stones in the tropics

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-87

  Robertson, William G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; OXALIC ACID; URATE;

BLADDER STONE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CEREAL; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLIMATE; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; INCIDENCE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUTRITION; PHOSPHATE INTAKE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; REVIEW; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; URINE VOLUME; UROLITHIASIS; VEGETABLE;

DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0037258113     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/snep.2003.50007     Document Type: Review

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