Risk factors for urinary tract calculi in Trinidad

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 348-353

  Anatol, Trevor ^a   Pinto Pereira, Lexley ^a   Simeon, Donald ^a   Sawh, Lall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Port of Spain General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Magnesium; Risk factors; Trinidad and Tobago; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MAGNESIUM; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; MAGNESIUM; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0037396375     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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