The role of cigarettes and nicotine in the onset and treatment of ulcerative colitis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 854, 1996, Pages 714-718

  Birtwistle, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cigarette smoking; Nicotine; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; REBOUND; RISK; SMOKING CESSATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030453001     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.854.714     Document Type: Article

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