Hypothesis: Urbanization and exposure to urban heat islands contribute to increasing prevalence of kidney stones

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 953-957

  Goldfarb, David S ^a,b   Hirsch, Jacqueline ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MIGRATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; CITY; DIET; HEALTH; HEAT; KIDNEY CALCULI; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

CITIES; DIET; GLOBAL HEALTH; GLOBAL WARMING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CALCULI; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84947492595     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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