Occupational risk for nephrolithiasis and bladder dysfunction in a chauffeur

Urological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-43

  Chang, M A ^a   Goldfarb, D S ^b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nephrology Section/111G   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral factors; Dehydration; Hyperoxaluria; Occupational disease; Urinary urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

TERAZOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CAR DRIVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HYPEROXALURIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NOCTURIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URODYNAMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 1542318312     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-003-0373-7     Document Type: Article

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