Renal stone formation among astronauts

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4 II, 2007, Pages

  Pietrzyk, Robert A ^a   Jones, Jeffrey A ^b   Sams, Clarence F ^b   Whitson, Peggy A ^b  

^a WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Kidney stone; Microgravity; Space medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPACE FLIGHT; STONE FORMATION; URINALYSIS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ASTRONAUTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 34247164055     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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