Trace element investigations in urinary stones: A preliminary pilot case in Basilicata (Southern Italy)

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-97

  Giannossi, Maria Luigia ^a   Summa, Vito ^a   Mongelli, Giovanni ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kidney stones; Pollution; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CYSTINE; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URIC ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CALCIUM STONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE ANALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; PILOT PROJECTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 84875091566     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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