| Document ID (ISN) | 34345 |
| CIS number |
80-1681 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7753 - Medicina clínica |
| Year |
1979 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Méndez-Martin A. |
| Title |
Urinary lithiasis in airline flight personnel |
| Original title |
La urolitiasis en el personal de vuelo [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
1979, Vol.72, No.2, p.65-70. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
This literature survey shows that according to medical statistics urolithiasis is one of the most common occupational diseases affecting air crews. Aspects considered: predisposition (causes), aetiology; raised urinary levels of salts forming kidney stones; inadequate compensation of water losses; temperature and humidity levels in aircraft; flight crews' dietary habits; age, length of service and seniority; hypercalcinuria; uric acid metabolism; factors modifying the physicochemical balance of urinary salts; urinary lithiasis and fitness for flying duties; prevention (physical exercise, correct diet, observance of nycthemeral rhythms, medical supervision). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
genito-urinary system diseases; air transport; urinary lithiasis |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; compensation of water losses; diet |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Air transportation
Nutrition
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
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