Daily mean temperature and clinical kidney stone presentation in five U.S. metropolitan areas : a time-series analysis

• Main Authors: Tasian, Gregory Edward, Pulido, Jose E., Gasparrini, Antonio, Saigal, Christopher S., Horton, Benjamin P., Landis, J. Richard, Madison, Rodger, Keren, Ron
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Geography::Environmental sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106973; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25540
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: High ambient temperatures are a risk factor for nephrolithiasis, but the precise relationship between temperature and kidney stone presentation is unknown. Objectives: Our objective was to estimate associations between mean daily temperature and kidney stone presentation according to lag...