The incidence of urolithiasis among commercial aviation pilots

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 914-916

  Hyams, Elias S ^a   Nelms, David ^a,b   Silberman, Warren S ^a,b   Feng, Zhaoyong ^a   Matlaga, Brian R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aviation; epidemiology; kidney; kidney calculi; occupations

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 80051544461     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.04.067     Document Type: Article

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