Do weather conditions influence the onset of renal colic? A novel approach to analysis

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Boscolo Berto, Rafael ^a   Dal Moro, Fabrizio ^a   Abate, Alessandro ^c   Arandjelovic, Goran ^a   Tosato, Franco ^a   Bassi, Pierfrancesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Climate; Humidity; Renal colic; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 38349140699     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111724     Document Type: Article

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