Prevalence and Epidemiological Characteristics of Urolithiasis in Japan: National Trends Between 1965 and 2005

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Yasui, Takahiro ^a   Iguchi, Masanori ^a,b   Suzuki, Sadao ^c   Kohri, Kenjiro ^a  

^a Japanese Society on Urolithiasis Research   (Japan)

^b Kaizuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 39549083216     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.09.034     Document Type: Article

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