Regional and seasonal variation in the incidence of urolithiasis in Iran: A place for obsession in case finding and statistical approach

Urological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 197-204

  Basiri, Abbas ^a   Shakhssalim, Nasser ^a   Khoshdel, Ali Reza ^b   Naghavi, Mohsen ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Seasonal variation; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, JET; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 68349116152     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-009-0193-5     Document Type: Article

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