Prevalence of urolithiasis in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Urological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-11

  Pinduli, Irene ^a   Spivacow, Rodolfo ^a,c   Del Valle, Elisa ^a   Vidal, Susana ^a   Negri, Armando L ^a   Previgliano, Horacio ^a   Dos Ramos Farías, Eduardo ^a   Andrade, Jorge H ^b   Negri, Griselda M ^b   Boffi Boggero, Héctor J ^b  

^a Board of Urolithiasis   (Argentina)

^b ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones Metabolicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

General population; Life time prevalence; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 32544443269     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-005-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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