title: Reliable data from diverse regions of the world exist to show that there has been a steady increase in the prevalence of urolithiasis.
authors.forename: Albrecht
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hesse
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology*