Seasonal Variations in Urinary Excretion of Calcium

Overview

Journal Br Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1974 Nov 23

PMID 4425915

Citations 13

Authors

W G Robertson

J C Gallagher

D H Marshall

M Peacock

B E Nordin

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Abstract

A retrospective study over a three-year period has shown a noticeable seasonal variation in the daily urinary excretion of calcium in healthy men, healthy women, and men prone to form stones. This reached a maximum in July or August and a minimum in December or January in all three groups. For any given month the stone formers had higher urinary calcium values than healthy men, who, in turn, had higher values than healthy women.

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