Epidemiology of nephrolithiasis today

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Amato, M ^a,b   Lusini, M L ^a   Nelli, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF PRATO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile di Prato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcium consumption; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Nephrolithiasis; Renal calculosis; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CYSTINE; URIC ACID;

BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STONE FORMATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 2342460187     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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