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Bearing of Drinking Water Quality on the Prevalence of Urolithiasis

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Urolithiasis

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Water quality and urolithiasis have often been correlated. However, views are conflicting and can be divided into three categories: a) water hardness causing high prevalence; b) water softness causing high prevalence; and c) no relationship between the two. In the present study, we have evaluated whether or not water hardness or softness or mineral and trace element content are critical in stone formation.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, R.N.T. Medical College, Udaipur, India

    P. P. Singh, Raj Kiran, A. K. Pendse & H. N. Mathur

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  1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Valerie R. Walker , Roger A. L. Sutton  & E. C. Bert Cameron ,  & 

  2. Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Charles Y. C. Pak

  3. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    William G. Robertson

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Singh, P.P., Kiran, R., Pendse, A.K., Mathur, H.N. (1989). Bearing of Drinking Water Quality on the Prevalence of Urolithiasis. In: Walker, V.R., Sutton, R.A.L., Cameron, E.C.B., Pak, C.Y.C., Robertson, W.G. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0873-5_245

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