Melamine and Nephrolithiasis in children in Taiwan

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1157-1158

  Wang, I Jen ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^b   Hwang, Kung Chang ^c  

^a TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Hospital Administration Commission   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; MELAMINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; MILK; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 62349119744     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0810070     Document Type: Letter

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