Increasing prevalence of kidney stones in the United States

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1951-1952

  Goldfarb, David S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Food industry; Hyperoxaluria; Nephrolithiasis; Obesity; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037406415     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00942.x     Document Type: Editorial

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