Risk of Ulcerative Colitis among Former and Current Cigarette Smokers

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 316, Issue 12, 1987, Pages 707-710

  Boyko, Edward J ^a,b,c,d,e   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a,b,c,d,e   Perera, David R ^a,b,c,d,e   Inui, Thomas S ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0023102657     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198703193161202     Document Type: Article

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