Urinary melamine and adult urolithiasis in Taiwan

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 184-189

  Wu, Chia Fang ^a   Liu, Chia Chu ^b,c   Chen, Bai Hsiun ^b   Huang, Shu Pin ^b,c   Lee, Hei Hwa ^b   Chou, Yii Her ^b   Wu, Wen Jeng ^b   Wu, Ming Tsang ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult; Melamine; Urine; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; MELAMINE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; ROC CURVE; TAIWAN; TRIAZINES; URIC ACID; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 72449136651     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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